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
regulator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English regulate
| 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... |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
Words derived from “regulator”
- coregulator
- thermoregulator
- osmoregulator
- autoregulator
- immunoregulator
- bioregulator
- deregulator
- neuroregulator
- superregulator
- transregulator
- riboregulator
- microregulator
- multiregulator
- metalloregulator
- mucoregulator
- regulatress
- dysregulator
- hyporegulator
- mechanoregulator
- oncoregulator
- oxyregulator
- phosphoregulator
- photoregulator
- phytoregulator