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Where does “rigor” come from?

rigor (Latin) comes from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -oss, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

rigor (Latin): stiffness, rigidity; rigor, cold, harshness,...

Definitions

  1. stiffness, rigidity; rigor, cold, harshness,...

Ancestry of “rigor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
2Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
3Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
4Proto-Indo-European-oss—
5Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “rigor”

  • rigorous
  • rigor
  • rigorously
  • rigour
  • rigorism
  • rigorist
  • rigorousness
  • rigoristic
  • unrigorous
  • nonrigorous
  • rigourism
  • rigored
  • rigourist
  • rigorization
  • overrigorous
  • unrigorously
  • rigorize
  • rigorisation
  • rigorise
  • rigourise
  • rigourize
  • de rigueur
  • rigour mortis
  • rigor mortis
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