Where does “regățeancă” come from?
regățeancă (Romanian) comes from Romanian regățean, from Romanian regat, from Romanian rege, from French roi, from Middle French roy, from Old French roi, from Latin rēx, from Proto-Italic rēks — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
Ancestry of “regățeancă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | regățean | person from the Old Kingdom of Romania (Wallachia and Moldavia) |
| 2 | Romanian | regat | kingdom |
| 3 | Romanian | rege | king |
| 4 | French | roi | king |
| 5 | Middle French | roy | king |
| 6 | Old French | roi | king |
| 7 | Latin | rēx | king, ruler |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rēks | king |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |