different between roy vs roky

English

Etymology

From Middle English roy, roye, borrowed from Old French roi (“king”). Doublet of loa, rajah, Rex, and rex.

Noun

roy (plural roys)

1. (obsolete, formal) A king.

Related terms

• viceroy

Adjective

roy

1. (obsolete) Royal.

Anagrams

• -ory, yor

French

Noun

roy m (plural roys)

1. (pre-1800) Obsolete spelling of roi

Further reading

• “roy” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French roi, rei, from Latin rex, regem.

Noun

roy m (plural roys)

1. king (male ruler)

Descendants

• French: roi, roy
  • Antillean Creole: wa
  • Guianese Creole: rwè
  • Haitian Creole: wa
    • (perhaps) ? Haitian Creole: lwa
      • ? English: loa
  • Karipúna Creole French: hué
  • Louisiana Creole French: rwa
  • Seychellois Creole: lerwa
• Norman:

  Continental Normandy: rai, ré, rey

  Guernsey: ré, roué

  Jersey: rouai

  Sark: rwe

Old French

Noun

roy m (oblique plural roys, nominative singular roys, nominative plural roy)

1. Alternative form of roi

English

Etymology

roke +? -y

Adjective

roky (comparative more roky, superlative most roky)

1. (Britain, dialect) misty; foggy; cloudy
   • 1993, Annie Proulx, The Shipping News, Scribner (1999), ?ISBN, page 40:

     They walked around in the roky damp, in silence.

References

1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words Not Generally Used

Anagrams

• Kory, York, york

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?rok?]

Noun

roky

1. nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of rok