Message: "Richard" - Behind the Name

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!

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- joannahweaver

1/19/2006, 7:33 AM

That sounds likely, but i thought Richard was derived from German?

- 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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