The story
- Latin · learned borrowing fromrēgula“rule”
- English todayregula
Learned borrowing from Latin rēgula (“rule”). Doublet of rail, regal, rigol, and rule.
Words from the same roots
Latinrēgula all →
rule
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
regula
Today it means: A book of rules for a religious establishment. Full definition →
Latin rēgula