Where does “regulamentar” come from?
regulamentar (Portuguese) comes from Romanian regulament, from Portuguese regulamento, from Portuguese regular, from Latin rēgulāre, from Latin rēgula, from Latin -ula, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
regulamentar (Portuguese): to regulate, control
Definitions
- to regulate, control
Ancestry of “regulamentar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | regulament | regulation (self-effecting legislative act requiring no further intervention by the member states to become law) |
| 2 | Portuguese | regulamento | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Portuguese | regular | regular; average; to regulate |
| 4 | Latin | rēgulāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | rēgula | rule, bar |
| 6 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |