Where does “real” come from?
real (Romanian) comes from French réel, from Middle French real, from Old French reel, from Latin reālis, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
real (Romanian): real
Definitions
- real
Ancestry of “real”, step by step
real traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French réel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | réel | real |
| 2 | Middle French | real | royal; Alternative form of royal |
| 3 | Old French | reel | — |
| 4 | Latin | reālis | real |
| 5 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 6 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 7 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 8 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 9 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 15 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 16 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German Real
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Real | real former Spanish currency unit |