English · noun

king

‘male ruler’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
king
king
French
roi
roi
Hindi
राजाrājā
राजा
Telugu
రాజుrāju
రాజు
Tamil
அரசன்aracaṉ
அரசன்
  • roiFrench⟷राजाHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • राजाHindi⟷రాజుTelugu· shared loan — both borrowed from the same source

How the graph explains it

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  1. 01king is an English noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('male ruler') can be approximated as HAVE(SOMEONE, HAVE(SAY, ALL)) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.4 steps
  3. 03king is inherited from IE:Germanic *kuningaz ‘king’ (confidence 0.90).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:king-pgmc-en0.90
    • sourceoed0.90
  4. 04Aligned forms: French roi (translation equivalent); Hindi राजा (rājā) (translation equivalent); Tamil அரசன் (aracaṉ) (translation equivalent); Telugu రాజు (rāju) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. *kuningazIE:Germanic— inherited →king accepted
    oed0.90