Where does “regulation” come from?
Regulation derives from Latin regulātiō, a noun formed from regulāre meaning "to control or direct," itself from regula meaning "rule" or "straight edge," ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root h₃reǵ- meaning "to straighten or direct."
regulation (English): The act of regulating or the condition of being...
Definitions
- The act of regulating or the condition of being...
Ancestry of “regulation”, 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... |
Words derived from “regulation”
- deregulation
- dysregulation
- upregulation
- downregulation
- autoregulation
- thermoregulation
- osmoregulation
- overregulation
- immunoregulation
- coregulation
- regulationist
- misregulation
- nonregulation
- antiregulation
- vasoregulation
- neuroregulation
- glucoregulation
- bioregulation
- photoregulation
- phosphoregulation
- deregulationist
- hyperregulation
- preregulation
- macroregulation