Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
The exercise of sovereign power. · The period during which a monarch rules. · The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch. · To reign over (a country) · To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition. · To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Italic *rēks Latin rēx Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin *rēgnusnom. Latin rēgnum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin rēgnō, rēgnārelbor. Old French reignier Anglo-Norman regnerbor. Middle English regnen English reign Inherited from Middle English regnen, from Old French reignier, from the Latin verb rēgnō, and the noun rēgnum. Doublet of regnum. Displaced native Old English rīċe (“a reign”) and ricsian (“to reign”).
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