English
reglement
Reglement comes from French régler ‘to sort out, to settle’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrégler1‘to sort out, to settle’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentréglement1
- Englishearliest quotation 1625reglement1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English reglement
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Usury: “To ſpeak now, of the Reformation and Reiglement of…”.
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentréglerWiktionary, English reglement‘to sort out, to settle’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentréglementWiktionary, English reglement
- Englishearliest quotation 1625reglementWiktionary, English reglement. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Usury: “To ſpeak now, of the Reformation and Reiglement of…”
Linked words
through Latin rēgulāris
Today it means
noun regulation
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “reglement”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / French régler / reglement