The story
- Latin · learned borrowing fromrēgius
- English todayregius
Learned borrowing from Latin rēgius, from rēx, rēgis (“a king”). Doublet of regious.
Words from the same roots
Latinrēgius all →
regian
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
regius
Today it means: Of or relating to a king; royal. Full definition →
Latin rēgius