Where does “rulemaking” come from?
Rulemaking derives from English make with the suffix -ing, ultimately from Latin regula meaning rule and rego meaning to direct or govern.
rulemaking (English): Having the power to make rules; The process of...
Definitions
- Having the power to make rules; The process of...
Ancestry of “rulemaking”, step by step
rulemaking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English making
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | making | The act of forming, causing, or constituting;... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English rule
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rule | A regulation, law, guideline; A regulating... |
| 2 | Middle English | reule | legal code, set of rules; moral code, principles;... |
| 3 | Old French | reule | rule; ruler; rule |
| 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... |