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Where does “reule” come from?

reule (Middle English) comes from Old French reule, 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...

reule (Middle English): legal code, set of rules; moral code, principles;...

Definitions

  1. legal code, set of rules; moral code, principles;...

Ancestry of “reule”, step by step

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

Words derived from “reule”

  • rule
  • ruling
  • ruler
  • overrule
  • rulemaking
  • misrule
  • rulership
  • rulebook
  • rulest
  • ruleset
  • subrule
  • ruly
  • coruler
  • footrule
  • rulebound
  • metarule
  • rulebreaking
  • ruleless
  • nonruling
  • rulable
  • overruleth
  • unrulable
  • rulebreaker
  • misruly
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