Etymology of the English word rich
the English word
richderived from the English word
riceusing the Proto-Indo-European prefix
reg- (to move in a straight line)
derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*rikijazDerivations in English
richen,
richweed,
bishopricCognates
Dutch
rijk, French
riche, German
Reich, German
reich, Icelandic
ríkur, Icelandic
ríki, Italian
ricco, Portuguese
rico, Provençal
ric, Spanish
rico, Swedish
rike, Yiddish
rajchUsage
Word found in Modern English
