Where does “regime” come from?
regime (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French régime, from Latin regimen, from Latin regō, from Proto-Italic regō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃réǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
regime (Norwegian Bokmål): regime
Ancestry of “regime”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | régime | regime; kind of political system; regimen;... |
| 2 | Latin | regimen | control, steering; directing; rule; governance |
| 3 | Latin | regō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |