


TERRITORY
- Earlier territorie = land/ region under the jurisdiction of a town🔍 , sovereign, state🔍 ,
etc.; from Latin territorium = land around a town, domain, district [terra = earth, land
+ orium /ory (suffix denoting place)]
REALM
- Earlier reaume = a kingdom/ domain🔍 under a sovereign, royal jurisdiction, Old
French: reaume/ realme; varients of roiaume = kingdom influenced by reial = regal
[Latin regalis = royal; belonging to/ worthy of a king - from rex (gen. regis) = king
(PIE🔍 root reg = move [derivative; direct] in a straight line - thus = to lead, rule -
related regulate)] Possibly from Gallo-Romance regiminem; acst. Latin regimen =
government, rule [regalimen = a kingdom, from regalis (above)]

