Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adv
Really; very.
noun
A commodity; see realty. · One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages. · A real number. · A realist.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTrue, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent. · Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake. · Genuine, unfeigned, sincere. · Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real From Middle English real, from Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”). Doublet of realis. In modern times, likely strengthened by or conflated with the use of the prefix re-, analyzable as re- + -al.
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