roial
English
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:roial.
Middle English
Adjective
roial
- Alternative form of royal
- Late 14th century: This Cambyuskan, of which I have yow toold, / In roial vestiment sit on his deys — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Squire's Tale’, Canterbury Tales
Middle French
Adjective
roial m (feminine singular roiale, masculine plural roials, feminine plural roiales)
- Alternative form of royal
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin rēgālem. The original ending -el was progressively substituted by the more Latinate -al. Doublet of regal, which was entirely borrowed from Latin.
Pronunciation
Declension
Related terms
Descendants
References
- roial on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “regalis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 201
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