Etymology of the English word region
the English word
regionderived from the Old French word
regionderived from the Latin word
regio (area, region; neighborhood)
derived from the Latin word
regere (rule, guide; manage)
using the Proto-Indo-European prefix
reg- (to move in a straight line)
Date
The earliest known usage of region in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
bioregion,
subregionCognates
French
région, German
Region, Italian
regione, Norwegian
region, Spanish
region, Swedish
regionUsage
Word found in Modern English
