Re: French for "Kingdom" (Was Re: Language naming terminology)

Christophe Grandsire wrote:

>         No problem, it's "royaume". You weren't wrong. I've got a question:
> does anyone know where "realm" comes from. I think it has the same origin of
> the French "royaume", but I'd like to know your opinion.
Yep.  Apparently, "realm" (probably something like /Re:lm/) and "reaum"
were alternants in the Middle English period, both ultimately coming from
Old French, which in turn were both from Lat. _regimen_  "system of
goverment", which in turn comes from PIE *reg-, "to rule".

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