Old French

Alternative forms

• realme

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 2-7453-1413-0, 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

• English: realm (borrowed)
• French: royaume
• Italian: reame (borrowed)
• Norman: rouoyaume (Jersey), reyoume (continental Normandy), rouoyanme, royaûme (Guernsey)

References

1. ↑ Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert, ISBN 978-2-84902-424-9
2. ↑ http://www.cnrtl.fr/etymologie/royaume