ric
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Old Occitan, Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to straighten, direct, make right”).
Further reading
- “ric” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Friulian
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz. Compare Italian ricco.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- ricjece
Interlingua
Etymology
Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to straighten, direct, make right”).
Antonyms
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Celtic *rīgyom (“kingdom”), derived from *rīxs (“king”).
Cognate with Old Frisian rīke, Old Saxon rīki, Old Dutch rīki, Old High German rīhhi, Old Norse ríki, Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 (reiki). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin rēx.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /riːk/
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to straighten, direct, make right”).
Adjective
ric m (feminine singular rica, masculine plural rics, feminine plural ricas)
- rich (abundant in some way)
Related terms
- ricor (noun)
Old Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrik/
Adjective
ric (masculine plural ricos)
- Apocopic form of rico; rich, wealthy
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 12r:
- […] ⁊ fuxo en tierra de madian. Auia ẏ un ric om̃e q́ auẏa nõbre ietro. e raguel ſu mugier auẏa .vij. fijas. E dio la una por mugier a moẏſẽ. Eſta auie nõbre ſephora.
- […] And he fled to the land of Midian, where there lived a rich man whose name was Jethro and Reuel, whose wife had seven daughters. And he gave Moses one of them in marriage, and her name was Zipporah.
- Idem, f. 82v.
- Alli delãt gazar baptizo ſãt felip al rẏc õe q̃ era de cãdace la reẏna. ⁊ el era de ethiopia e veno a iħrꝉm al tenple orar. […]
- There, before Gaza, Saint Philip baptized the rich man who was of Candace, the queen. He was from Ethiopia and had come to Jerusalem to pray at the temple. […]