noun, feminine/ʁe.py.blik/plural: républiques
republic
Related: républicain, république bananière, République française, république sœur, républiquette, Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)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.