Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗The rich people of a society or the world collectively, the rich class of a society. · the second placer in Tycoon
To enrich. · To become rich.
Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions. · Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour. · Remunerative. · Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.
From Middle English riche (“strong, powerful, rich”), from Old English rīċe (“powerful, mighty, great, high-ranking, rich, wealthy, strong, potent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“kingly, powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king, ruler”), an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs. Reinforced by Old French riche, from the same West Germanic source. Cognate with Dutch rijk, German reich, Danish rig, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish rik, Faroese and Icelandic ríkur, Portuguese and Spanish rico, French riche, Italian ricco.
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- Root classification mention*h₃reǵ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionricheenm · strong, powerful, rich
- Inherited-form mentionrīċeang · powerful, mighty, great, high-ranking, rich, wealthy, strong, potent
- Inherited-form mention*rīkīgmw-pro · powerful, rich
- Inherited-form mention*rīkijazgem-pro · kingly, powerful, rich
- Inherited-form mention*rīksgem-pro · king, ruler
- Derivation mention*rīxscel-pro
- Derivation mention*h₃rḗǵsine-pro
- Cognate mentionrichefro
- Cognate mentionrijknl
- Cognate mentionreichde
- Cognate mentionrigda
- Cognate mentionrichefr
- Cognate mentionriccoit
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