Etymology

regime

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Today it means: Mode of rule or management. Full definition →

Middle English regime ← Middle French regime ← Latin regimen
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  1. Latin · derived fromregimen“direction, government”
  2. Middle French · derived fromregime
  3. Middle English · inherited fromregime
  4. English todayregime

From Middle English regime, regyme, from Middle French regime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government”). Doublet of regimen.

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