Where does “regioirregularity” come from?
regioirregularity (English) comes from English irregularity, from Middle French irrégularité, from Latin irregularitas, from Latin irrēgulāris, from Latin rēgulāris, from Latin rēgula, from Latin -ula, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
regioirregularity (English): The condition of being regioirregular
Definitions
- The condition of being regioirregular
Ancestry of “regioirregularity”, step by step
regioirregularity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English irregularity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | irregularity | An instance of being irregular; The state or... |
| 2 | Middle French | irrégularité | — |
| 3 | Latin | irregularitas | irregularity |
| 4 | Latin | irrēgulāris | irregular, unusual |
| 5 | Latin | rēgulāris | ductile (able to be formed into a bar) |
| 6 | Latin | rēgula | rule, bar |
| 7 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | 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 |