Etymograph

English

reregulate

From re- + regulate.

Formed from re- + regulate

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’

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Latin regō ‘to rule, govern’

Latin rēgula ‘rule’

Latin regulō ‘to direct, rule, regulate’

Latin regulatus ‘regulated, having been regulated’

English regulate

Today it means

verb To regulate again or anew.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reregulate”. 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.

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