The story
- Latin · derived fromregulare“to direct, rule, regulate”
- English todayregulize
From Latin regulare (“to direct, rule, regulate”), from regula (“rule”), from regere (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”) + -ize.
Words from the same roots
Latinregulare all →
rulereglement
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.