Where does “regulator” come from?
Regulator comes from English regulate, from Latin regulatus, the past participle of regulare meaning "to make straight," derived from regula meaning "rule" or "straight rod," ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root h₃reǵ- meaning "to direct or straighten."
regulator (English): A device that controls or limits something; A...
Definitions
- A device that controls or limits something; A...
Ancestry of “regulator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | regulate | To dictate policy; To control or direct according... |
| 2 | Latin | regulatus | |
| 3 | Latin | rēgulō | — |
| 4 | Latin | rēgula | — |
| 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 “regulator”