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reguler

TRANSLITERATION reguler

according to rule

DATE
Anglo-French
SENSE
rule conforming
FAMILY
Indo-European / Romance
CANONICAL KEY
node:12:reguler:attested:sense:rule-conforming

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GO DEEPERborrowingestablished
Late Latin · Late Latin · according to rule

rēgulāris

regular; according to rule

SOUND
Anglo-French reguler continues Late Latin rēgulāris through Romance transmission.
MEANING
According to a rule remains the central inherited relation.
SCHOLAR
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CONFIDENCE
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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

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DESCENDANTborrowingestablished
Middle English · Middle English · living by rule

reguler

living under or according to a rule

SOUND
Middle English reguler was borrowed through Anglo-French reguler.
MEANING
The rule-governed adjective crosses into English.
SCHOLAR
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CONFIDENCE
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TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE

EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

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STEP 02continuationestablished
SOUND
Modern regular continues Middle English reguler through English spelling and sound history.
MEANING
Living by a rule expands to orderly, patterned, recurring, standard, and normal.
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EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

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