QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from

See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, "

See also:

• KIN (0. E. cyn, a word represented in nearly all Teutonic languages, cf. Du. kunne, Dan. and Swed. kon, Goth kuni, tribe; the Teutonic base is kunya; the equivalent Aryan root gan- to beget, produce, is seen in Gr. 'yEvos, Lat. genus, cf. "kind")

kin," &c.)  , the title of the consort or wife of a king (" queen consort" ), or of a woman who is herself the sovereign ruler of a state (" queen regnant" ); the widow of a former reigning sovereign is a " queen dowager," and, when the mother of the reigning sovereign, a " queen mother." For the position of the queen in English constitutional law see CONSORT, and for her household see HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL .