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Where does “regolarità” come from?

regolarità (Italian) comes from Late Latin regularitas, from Latin regularis, from Latin regula, from Latin rego, from Proto-Italic regō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃réǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

regolarità (Italian): regularity; steadiness; evenness

Definitions

  1. regularity; steadiness; evenness

Ancestry of “regolarità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinregularitasregularity
2Latinregularisductile; containing rules; regular
3Latinregularule, bar; second-person singular present active...
4LatinregoI rule, govern; I guide, steer; I oversee, manage
5Proto-Italicregō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃réǵetito be straightening, to be setting upright
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
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