regal

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 274 words | Copyright

regal royal, kingly, XIV. — OF. regal or L. rēgālis, f. rēx, rēg- king, f. a base repr. by Gaul. *rīx (as in Dumnorīx, Vercingetorīx), (O)Ir. ri king, Skr. rājan- RAJA(H); see -AL1.
So regality XV. — OF. or medL.

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