Where does “rigour” come from?
Rigour comes from Middle English rigour, from Old French rigor, from Latin rigor, derived from the Proto-Indo-European root reyǵ- with the suffix -or.
rigour (English): Severity or strictness; Harshness, as of climate;...
Definitions
- Severity or strictness; Harshness, as of climate;...
Ancestry of “rigour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | rigour | — |
| 2 | Old French | rigor | harshness; severity; stiffness; rigidity |
| 3 | Latin | rigor | stiffness, rigidity; rigor, cold, harshness,... |
| 4 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |