reaume
See also: Reaume
Middle English
editNoun
editreaume
- Alternative form of rewme
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom real (“regal, royal”), from Latin regalis. According to another theory, from an alteration of reiame, from Latin regimen (genitive regiminis).[1][2] Compare Old Occitan regeme, reialme.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editreaume oblique singular, m (oblique plural reaumes, nominative singular reaumes, nominative plural reaume)
- kingdom
- c. 1176, Christian of Troyes (translated by Laurence Harf-Lancner), Cligès, →ISBN, page 140:
- Ferai de vos roi coroné
del meillor reaume de Gales.- I will make of you a king
of the best kingdom of Wales
- I will make of you a king
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert, →ISBN
- ^ Etymology and history of “royaume”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.