Where does “regular open” come from?
regular open (English) comes from English regular, from Middle English reguler, from Middle French regulier, from French régulier, from Old French reguler, from Latin rēgulāris, from Latin rēgula, from Latin -ula — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
regular open (English): Being the interior of its closure
Definitions
- Being the interior of its closure
Ancestry of “regular open”, step by step
regular open traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English regular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | regular | Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic... |
| 2 | Middle English | reguler | — |
| 3 | Middle French | regulier | — |
| 4 | French | régulier | regular; dependable; legitimate |
| 5 | Old French | reguler | conforming to Chrisitan law |
| 6 | Latin | rēgulāris | ductile (able to be formed into a bar) |
| 7 | Latin | rēgula | rule, bar |
| 8 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |