rex

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Latin word rex comes from Proto-Indo-European *rek-, and later Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (King, ruler.)

*rek- (Proto-Indo-European)

*h₃rḗǵs (Proto-Indo-European)

King, ruler.

*rēks (Proto-Italic)

King.

rex (Latin)

(Late Latin, chess) king. King, ruler.

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