république

See also: republique and republiqué

French

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís
Proto-Italic *reis
Latin rēs
Proto-Italic *poplosder.
Old Latin poplusder.
Old Latin poplicus
Latin pūblicus
Latin pūblica
Latin rēspūblica
Latin rēpūblicālbor.
Middle French republique
French république

    Inherited from Middle French republique (“republic”), a learned borrowing from Latin rēpūblicā, from rēspūblica (“republic”), from rēs + pūblica.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    république f (plural républiques)

    1. republic

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