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Did English royal descend from Sanskrit rājā?

No. Sanskrit rājā and Latin rēx are cognates in separate Indo-Aryan and Italic branches under the same reconstructed king grade.

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rājā

/ˈrɑː.dʒɑː/ · noun

The Sanskrit nominative singular meaning king, sovereign, prince, or chief, belonging to the consonant stem rājan-.

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SOURCE 01supportsscholarly reference

Indo-European Root reg-

Publishes separate Sanskrit and Latin formations.

reg-, lengthened-grade king section

AUTHOR / EDITOR: Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
YEAR: 2022
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins

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SOURCE 02supportshistorical dictionary

Raja — American Heritage Dictionary and Word History

Explicitly compares the family without direct descent.

Word History: Sanskrit, Latin, Celtic, and Germanic branches

AUTHOR / EDITOR: American Heritage Dictionary Editors
YEAR: 2022
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins

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THE CURRENT RECORD IS RESOLVED.

CONFIDENCE: established
STATUS: resolved
LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY: American Heritage explicitly places Sanskrit rājā, Latin rēx, and Celtic material under the wider root.

RESOLUTION NOTE

The graph joins the branches only at reconstructed ancestry.

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