Where does “rei” come from?
rei (Old French) comes from Latin rete, from Latin retina, from Latin retinaculum, from Latin retinere, from Latin retineo, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret-, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
rei (Old French): Alternative form of roi
Definitions
- Alternative form of roi
Ancestry of “rei”, step by step
rei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin rete
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | rete | net, snare, network; trap; The internet |
| 2 | Latin | retina | a rein; medieval spelling of rēsīna |
| 3 | Latin | retinaculum | holdfast, tether, halter, hawser, band |
| 4 | Latin | retinere | present active infinitive of retineō;... |
| 5 | Latin | retineo | I keep or hold back, detain, restrain, retain,... |
| 6 | Latin | re- | back, backwards; again; prefix added to various... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wret- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |