Where does “regularizer” come from?

regularizer (English) comes from English regularize, from English regular, from Middle English reguler, from Middle French regulier, from French régulier, from Old French reguler, from Latin rēgulāris, from Latin rēgula — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

regularizer (English): That which regularizes

Definitions

  1. That which regularizes

Ancestry of “regularizer”, step by step

regularizer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English regularize

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishregularizeTo make regular
2EnglishregularBound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic...
3Middle Englishreguler
4Middle Frenchregulier
5Frenchrégulierregular; dependable; legitimate
6Old Frenchregulerconforming to Chrisitan law
7Latinrēgulārisductile (able to be formed into a bar)
8Latinrēgularule, bar
9Latin-ularegō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;...
10Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
11Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
12Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr