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[Facts] Richard
by richardsawa
1/19/2006, 5:30 AM
I have read somewhere that the Ric part of Richard derives ultimately from the Latin Rex (King) - from which probably derives the notion of Richard meaning ruler.
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- Andrew (AndrewJKD)
1/23/2006, 1:07 PM
I think that a comment about this is due!
Andrew
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- joannahweaver
1/19/2006, 7:33 AM
That sounds likely, but i thought Richard was derived from German?
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- Cass
1/19/2006, 6:42 AM
The Ric- in Richard is not derived from Latin, but the root ('reg-' for 'rule') is cognate and appears in both the Latin and the Germanic branches of Indo-European. Compare the modern German word 'Reich' (kingdom, realm).
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