The AHD defines realm as "A community or territory over which a soverign rules; a kingdom".
This word came to English through and Old French alteration of the Latin word regimen, meaning "government" (the french alteration was reial, meaning "royal"). The Latin word regimen comes from the Latin word regere, meaning "to rule". Did you know that this was from a stem we knew?
(All etymological history came from AHD)
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