Where does “regulating” come from?
Regulating derives from English regulate, from Latin regulatus (past participle of regulare, meaning to make straight or orderly), from Latin regula (a rule or straightedge), from Latin rego (to rule or direct), with the diminutive suffix Latin -ulus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- (to move in a straight line).
regulating (English): present participle of regulate
Definitions
- present participle of regulate
Ancestry of “regulating”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | regulate | To dictate policy; To control or direct according... |
| 2 | Latin | regulatus | regulated, having been regulated |
| 3 | Latin | rēgulō | to direct, regulate |
| 4 | Latin | rēgula | rule, bar |
| 5 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |