Etymology

regality

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Today it means: Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction. Full definition →

Middle English regalite ← Late Latin rēgālitās ← Latin rēgālis
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  1. Latin · derived fromrēgālis“regal, royal”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromrēgālitās
  3. Middle English · inherited fromregalite
  4. English todayregality

From Middle English regalite, from Old French, from Late Latin rēgālitās, from Latin rēgālis (“regal, royal”), equivalent to regal + -ity. Doublet of royalty.

Words from the same roots

Latinrēgālis all →

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