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START / NODE 760Present-Day English15th century–today
regal
Of, relating to, or suitable for a monarch; borrowed through French or directly from Latin rēgālis.
“Regal and royal are not merely modern synonyms; they are separate English arrivals from the same Latin king adjective.”OPEN COMPLETE WORD DOSSIER ↗
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Present-Day Englishregal
of, relating to, or suitable for a monarch
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Middle English · Middle Englishregalroyal, kingly
- SOUND CHANGE
- Modern regal continues the Middle English adjective.
- SEMANTIC CHANGE
- Royal or kingly expands to magnificent or splendid.
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- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established
- CHRONOLOGY
- Merriam-Webster reports use in the fifteenth century.
2 CITATIONSRegal — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseDefinitions, Word History, and First Known Use Regal — American Heritage DictionaryHeadword definitions and etymology AUDIT CANONICAL EDGE 755 ↗
Supplies Middle English, monarch senses, and fifteenth-century horizon.
ORIGINAL ↗Independently supplies the inherited adjective.
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