Where does “rea” come from?
rea (Swedish) comes from Swedish realisera, from French réaliser, from Latin reālis, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
rea (Swedish): a sale (sale of goods at reduced prices); short for realisation
Definitions
- a sale (sale of goods at reduced prices); short for realisation
Ancestry of “rea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | realisera | to realize; to make real; to organize a sale; to... |
| 2 | French | réaliser | to direct; to fulfill; to perform |
| 3 | Latin | reālis | real |
| 4 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 5 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 6 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 7 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |