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NODE / 0739attestedAnglo-French

reule

TRANSLITERATION reule

guide, rule

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Anglo-French
SENSE
guide for action
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Indo-European / Romance
CANONICAL KEY
node:12:reule:attested:sense:guide-for-action

French transmission stage into Middle English.

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Latin · Latin · straightedge rule

rēgula

straightedge, ruler, rule

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Anglo-French reule continues Latin rēgula through Romance sound and spelling history.
MEANING
A straightedge or ruler also supplies an abstract guide or principle.
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Rule — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsEtymology: Latin regula, straightedge and rule

Supplies the Latin source and physical-to-abstract range.

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Middle English · Middle English · guide for action

reule

guide for proper action; rule

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Middle English reule was borrowed from Anglo-French reule.
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The guide or standard sense crosses into English.
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Rule — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsEtymology: Middle English reule from Anglo-French

Supplies the French-to-English borrowing.

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Middle Englishreule→Present-Day English · 13th century–todayruleguide, standard, authority, or measuring straightedge
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Modern rule continues Middle English reule through English spelling and pronunciation history.
MEANING
A guide for action expands across standards, authority, procedures, and measurement.
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Rule — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Definitions, Word History, and First Known Use ↗Rule — American Heritage Dictionary · Headword definitions and etymology ↗

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