Where does “reyauté” come from?

reyauté (Norman) comes from Old French roiauté, from Latin rēgālitās, from Latin rēgālis, from Latin rēx, from Proto-Italic rēks, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

reyauté (Norman): royalty

Definitions

  1. royalty

Ancestry of “reyauté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchroiauté—
2Latinrēgālitāsroyal dignity, royalty, regality
3Latinrēgālisregal, royal
4Latinrēxking, ruler
5Proto-Italicrēksking
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs →Every word from Proto-Italic rēks →