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Where does “royalty” come from?

royalty (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from English royalty, from Middle English royaltee, from Old French roialté, from Vulgar Latin regalitatem, from Latin regalitas.

royalty (Norwegian Nynorsk): a royalty

Definitions

  1. a royalty

Ancestry of “royalty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishroyaltyThe rank, status, power or authority of a...
2Middle EnglishroyalteeAlternative form of royalte
3Old Frenchroialté—
4Vulgar Latinregalitatem—
5Latinregalitas—
Every word from Latin regalitas →