regularise

See also: régularisé and régularise

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti

Proto-Italic *regō

Latin regō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom

Latin -ula

Latin rēgula

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin rēgulārisder.

Anglo-Norman regulerder.

Middle English reguler

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Latin rēgulārisbor.

English regular

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ise

English regularise

From regular + -ise.

Verb

regularise (third-person singular simple present regularises, present participle regularising, simple past and past participle regularised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of regularize.