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[Facts] Re: Richard
by
Cass
1/19/2006, 6:42 AM
in reply to
a message by richardsawa
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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