Meaning

noun any rational or irrational number

noun the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos

noun an old small silver Spanish coin

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real From Middle English real, from Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”), from Proto-Indo-European…

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0