myEtymology.com: French etymology of réel

Etymology of the French word réel

the French word réel

derived from the Latin word realis (real)

derived from the Latin word res (res; thing; event, affair)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *re-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *rē-

Dutch reel, English real, French royal, German real, German reell, Italian reale, Italian regale, Lithuanian realus, Norwegian real, Norwegian reel, Polish realny, Portuguese real, Provençal reial, Russian реальный, Spanish real, Swedish real, Swedish rejäl