Rule

Morpheme

Rule

Type

free base

Denotation

pattern, model, order, guide, straight, rule, manage, govern, direct, support

Etymology

Middle English reule, rewle, rule and reulen, rulen; Old French riule; Anglo-Norman reule; Latin regulāre, from regula, from regere

Evidence

forerule, interrule, missrule, overrule, rulable, rule, ruled, ruler, rules, ruleset, ruling, unrulable, unrulaby, unruled, unruliness, unruly

Notes

rule, regal, regula, rail, and rigol are doublets

See Also

Rege, Rect, Rail, Rigol, Rige