royalty的词源

英文词源

royalty (n.): c. 1400, "office or position of a sovereign," also "magnificence," from or modeled on Old French roialte (12c., Modern French royauté), from Vulgar Latin *regalitatem (nominative *regalitas), from Latin regalis (see royal). Sense of "prerogatives or rights granted by a sovereign to an inpidual or corporation" is from late 15c. From that evolved more general senses, such as "payment to a landowner for use of a mine" (1839), and ultimately "payment to an author, composer, etc." for sale or use of his or her work (1857). Compare realty.

词根词缀： roy(-reg-)统治 + -al形容词词尾 + -ty名词词尾

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：royalty 词源，royalty 含义。

来自 royal,国王的，王室的，-ty,名词后缀。引申词义王室成员，王室享有的权利，后用于指国君授予个人或团体的特权或权利，再后用于指矿区土地使用费，版权，版税等，且成为主要词义。