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START / NODE 753Present-Day English14th century–today
royal
Of a monarch, crown, or kingdom; borrowed through Anglo-French from Latin rēgālis and rēx.
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Present-Day Englishroyal
of a monarch, crown, or kingdom
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Middle English · Middle Englishroialroyal; of a monarch
- SOUND CHANGE
- Modern royal continues Middle English roial through English spelling and sound history.
- SEMANTIC CHANGE
- Of a monarch or crown expands to magnificent and superior.
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- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established
- CHRONOLOGY
- Merriam-Webster reports adjective use in the fourteenth century.
2 CITATIONSRoyal — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseDefinitions, Word History, and First Known Use Royal — American Heritage DictionaryHeadword definitions and etymology AUDIT CANONICAL EDGE 747 ↗
Supplies Middle English roial, monarch senses, and fourteenth-century horizon.
ORIGINAL ↗Independently supplies the monarch-centered ancestry.
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