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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

  1. Having the power to make rules; The process of...

Ancestry of “rulemaking”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmakingThe act of forming, causing, or constituting;...
2English-ingUsed to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,...
3Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
4Old English-tūn—
5Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
6Proto-West Germanictūnfence
7Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
8Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
9Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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