reaume

reaume

See also: Reaume

Middle English

Noun

reaume

1. Alternative form of rewme

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Old French

Alternative forms

• realme, reialme

Etymology

From real (“regal, royal”), from Latin regalis.According to another theory, from an alteration of reiame, from Latin regimen (genitive regiminis).[1][2] Compare Old Occitan regeme, reialme.

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /rei̯ˈjau̯mə/

Noun

reaume m (oblique plural reaumes, nominative singular reaumes, nominative plural reaume)

1. kingdom
   • circa 1176, Christian of Troyes (translated by Laurence Harf-Lancner), Cligès, →ISBN, page 140:

     Ferai de vos roi coroné
     del meillor reaume de Gales.

     I will make of you a king
     of the best kingdom of Wales

Descendants

• French: royaume
• → Italian: reame
• Norman:
  • Guernsey Norman: rouoyanme, royaûme
  • Jersey Norman: rouoyaume
  • Continental Norman: reyoume
• → Middle English: rewme, reaume, realme
  • English: realm

References

1. Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert, →ISBN
2. Etymology and history of “royaume”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.