Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*h₃reǵ-
14 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-, most common first.
- regularBound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).
- rankStrong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.
- rakeA garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
- richesMoney, goods, wealth, treasure.
- rajReign; rule.
- reckonTo count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
- downrightCompletely, wholly.
- scourgeA whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.
- insurgentRebellious, opposing authority.
- insurrectionThe action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.
- derailleurA mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket (gear) to another, to change speeds.
- sortieAn attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally.
- interregnumA period of time between the end of one monarch's reign and the accession of their successor.
- adretThe sun-facing side of a mountain; in the northern hemisphere, this is typically the south-facing slope.