Old French riche continues a Germanic *rīkja- family form through historical borrowing.
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riche
rich, wealthy
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic horizon · powerful kingly adjective*rīkja-
powerful, rich, kingly
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Powerful and wealthy remain linked across the Germanic-to-Romance route.
The Germanic parent is reconstructed; Old French is attested.
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Rich — American Heritage DictionaryEtymology: Old French of Germanic origin
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the Germanic ancestry of the French input.
Indo-European Root reg-reg-, Germanic *rīkja- to Old French riche
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Places the French form in the reconstructed king-and-power branch.
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