Where does “rewly” come from?
rewly (Middle English) comes from Middle English reule, 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...
rewly (Middle English): regular, ordinary; orderly, ruly; Alternative...
Definitions
- regular, ordinary; orderly, ruly; Alternative...
Ancestry of “rewly”, step by step
rewly traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English reule
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | reule | legal code, set of rules; moral code, principles;... |
| 2 | Old French | reule | rule; ruler; rule |
| 3 | Latin | rēgula | rule, bar |
| 4 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Old English hrēowlīc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | hrēowlīc | grievous, pitiful, sad, wretched, cruel, lamentable, hapless, miserable |
| 2 | Old English | hrēow | grief; grief”, “repentance; sorrow, regret,... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hreuwu | regret |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hrewwō | pain, sadness, regret, repentance |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krew- | to fall, collapse; scab; to fall, break, bruise |