riche
Middle French
adj
Definitions
- rich
Etymology
Inherited from Old French riche (rich, wealthy) derived from Gaulish *rix (king, rich, powerful) derived from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (straighten, make right, direct, dye, move in a straight line, rule, guide, lead straight, put right).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*reg-
Gloss
straighten, make right, direct, dye, move in a straight line, rule, guide, lead straight, put right
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Riche English
- rich English
- d(i)rectus, directus Latin
- rēgulāris Latin
- īnsurgentem Latin
- reich German
- ricco Italian
- Richelieu French
- mégariche French
- richard French
- riche French
- richement French
- richesse French
- richissime French
- *reg- Proto-Indo-European
- *rīkijaz Proto-Germanic
- rīċe Old English
- रञ्ज् Sanskrit
- riche Old French
- richement Old French
- richesse Old French
- richeté Old French
- riche Norman
- *riki, *rīki Frankish
- *rix Gaulish
- rikīs Old Prussian
- rīki Old Prussian