Etymology

royalty

roy·al·ty
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Today it means: The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch. Full definition →

Middle English royaltee ← Old French roialté ← Vulgar Latin *rēgālitās
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromrēgālis
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*rēgālitās
  3. Old French · derived fromroialté
  4. Middle English · inherited fromroyaltee
  5. English todayroyalty

From Middle English royaltee, roialtee, royalte, from Old French roialté, roiauté, realté (compare earlier Old French realted (“realm, kingdom”)), from Vulgar Latin *rēgālitās, from Latin rēgālis, equivalent to royal + -ty. Doublet of regality.

Words from the same roots

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