Where does “irrégulier” come from?
irrégulier (French) comes from Middle French irregulier, from Latin irrēgulāris, from Latin rēgulāris, from Latin rēgula, from Latin -ula, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
irrégulier (French): irregular; undependable; illegal
Definitions
- irregular; undependable; illegal
Ancestry of “irrégulier”, step by step
irrégulier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French irregulier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | irregulier | irregular |
| 2 | Latin | irrēgulāris | irregular, unusual |
| 3 | Latin | rēgulāris | ductile (able to be formed into a bar) |
| 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 Late Latin irregularis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | irregularis | irregular, unusual |
| 2 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 3 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 4 | Old Latin | en | in |