Where does “regioirregular” come from?
regioirregular (English) comes from English irregular, from Old French irreguler, from Latin irrēgulāris, from Latin rēgulāris, from Latin rēgula, from Latin -ula, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
regioirregular (English): Describing a polymer in which not every repeat unit is derived from the same isomer of the monomer
Definitions
- Describing a polymer in which not every repeat unit is derived from the same isomer of the monomer
Ancestry of “regioirregular”, step by step
regioirregular traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English irregular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | irregular | nonstandard; not conforming to rules or... |
| 2 | Old French | irreguler | — |
| 3 | Latin | irrēgulāris | irregular, unusual |
| 4 | Latin | rēgulāris | ductile (able to be formed into a bar) |
| 5 | Latin | rēgula | rule, bar |
| 6 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English regio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | regio | In planetary geology, any of the large areas of a... |
| 2 | Latin | regiō | direction, line |
| 3 | Latin | Aemilia | — |
| 4 | Latin | aemulus | striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | aimelos | striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | aimos | imitation |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eym- | to copy, imitate |