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Where does “regelgerecht” come from?

regelgerecht (German) comes from German rēgel, from Middle High German regel, from Old High German regula, 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...

regelgerecht (German): legal, lawful, regulation

Definitions

  1. legal, lawful, regulation

Ancestry of “regelgerecht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrēgel—
2Middle High Germanregel—
3Old High Germanregula—
4Latinrēgula—
5Latin-ularegō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;...
6Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
7Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
8Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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