Rich

Rich
Recorded in many spelling forms including Rich, Riche, Riches, Ritche, Rickman and Richman (English), Ruiche, Leriche, Ricq, (France), Ricci, Ricco, Richi and Richichi (Italy), Reich and Reicher, (Germany), Rico and Rica (Spain) and other countries, wherever it is first recorded and spelt, this interesting name has at least three distinct separate origins. Firstly, it may have developed from a nickname for a wealthy man, derived from pre 9th century Old French term "riche", meaning wealthy. Secondly, the origin may be from a short form of the (originally) Germanic male personal name Richard. This very popular name was composed of the elements "ric", meaning power, with "hard", meaning hardy, brave, or strong. Finally, it may be of topographical or locational origins from the Germanic and also Olde English term "ric", meaning a stream or channel, and hence indicating residence by such a stream. As a locational name it may derive from any place named with the element "ric", such as the ancient village now called Glynde Reach in the English county of Sussex, or from a now "lost" place such as the former village of Riche in Leicestershire. Early recordings include: Mosse le Riche of Gloucestershire in 1195, Ricardus de la Riche of Hampshire in 1200 and Lucia Richman of Cambridge, in the Hundred rolls of landowners in 1273. The first recorded spelling of the family name is possibly that of Godwinus le Riche. This was dated 1177, in the "Pipe Rolls" of the county of Lincolnshire, during the reign of King Henry 11 of England, 1154 - 1189. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Rich — Rich, (r[i^]ch), a. [Compar. {Richer}; superl. {Richest}.] [OE. riche, AS. r[=i]ce rich, powerful; akin to OS. r[=i]ki, D. rijk, G. reich, OHG. r[=i]hhi, Icel. r[=i]kr, Sw. rik, Dan. rig, Goth. reiks; from a word meaning, ruler, king, probably… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rich — ist der Name folgender Personen: Adrienne Rich (* 1929), US amerikanische Feministin, Dichterin, Dozentin und Autorin Alexander Rich (*1924), US amerikanischer Molekularbiologe und Chemiker Arnold Rice Rich (1893–1968), US amerikanischer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • rich — [ rıtʃ ] adjective *** ▸ 1 having a lot of money ▸ 2 having a lot of something ▸ 3 about food ▸ 4 good for growing plants ▸ 5 interesting/varied ▸ 6 expensive/high quality ▸ 7 strong and attractive ▸ 8 valuable ▸ 9 containing too much fuel ▸ +… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • rich — rich, wealthy, affluent, opulent are applied both to persons and to things. The last three are close synonyms of rich, the general term, but they are more explicit in their implications and more limited in their range of application. One is rich… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Rich — may refer to: * Wealth * B.C. Rich, a guitar manufacturer * Two ships of the U.S. Navy: ** USS Rich (DE 695), a Buckley class destroyer escort in WWII ** USS Rich (DD 820), a Gearing class destroyer in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts * Rich… …   Wikipedia

  • rich — [rich] adj. [ME riche < OE & OFr: OE rice, noble, powerful: see RIGHT] 1. having more than enough of material possessions; owning much money or property; wealthy 2. having abundant natural resources [a rich country] 3. well supplied (with);… …   English World dictionary

  • RICH — детекторы (читается «РИЧ детекторы», англ. Ring Image CHerenkov detectors)  детекторы, регистрирующие кольца от черенковского излучения. RICH детекторы бывают следующих типов: Радиатор выбирается достаточно тонким и фотоны попадают… …   Википедия

  • rich — [adj1] having a lot of money affluent, bloated, comfortable, easy, fat, filthy rich*, flush, gilded, in clover*, independent, in the money*, loaded*, made of money*, moneyed, opulent, plush, propertied, prosperous, rolling in it*, swimming,… …   New thesaurus

  • RICH (B. R.) — RICH Ben R. (1925 1995) Si la société Lockheed a remporté en 1991, en coopération avec Boeing et General Dynamics, le contrat de développement du F 22, futur avion de combat de l’armée de l’air américaine, elle le doit en partie au succès… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • -rich — UK [rɪtʃ] US suffix used with some nouns to make adjectives describing what something contains or has in large amounts fibre rich/​protein rich foods an oil rich country Thesaurus: suffixeshyponym * * * comb. form …   Useful english dictionary

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