riche
Old French
adj
Definitions
- rich possessing wealth
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- Richmond English
- antirich English
- eldritch English
- generich English
- megarich English
- nonrich English
- overrich English
- rich English
- rich-kid English
- richdom English
- richen English
- richer English
- richish English
- richling English
- richly English
- richness English
- richweed English
- semirich English
- superrich English
- ultrarich English
- unrich English
- d(i)rectus, directus Latin
- rēgulāris Latin
- īnsurgentem Latin
- riche French
- *reg- Proto-Indo-European
- *rīkijaz Proto-Germanic
- Francrice Old English
- cynerice Old English
- eþelrice Old English
- fæderrice Old English
- ricedom Old English
- ricsian Old English
- rīċe Old English
- रञ्ज् Sanskrit
- riche Middle English
- riches Middle English
- richesse Middle English
- richement Old French
- richesse Old French
- richeté Old French
- riĉa Esperanto
- riche Norman
- richement Norman
- riche Middle French
- *rīkī gmw-pro
- *riki, *rīki Frankish
- *rīki Frankish
- *rix Gaulish
- rikīs Old Prussian
- rīki Old Prussian