Where does “regulă” come from?
regulă (Romanian) comes from French réguler, from Latin rēgulāre, 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...
regulă (Romanian): rule; norm
Ancestry of “regulă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | réguler | to regulate |
| 2 | Latin | rēgulāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | rēgula | — |
| 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... |