English
hyperregulate
From hyper- + regulate.
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’
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Latin regō ‘to rule, govern’
Latin rēgula ‘rule’
Latin regulō ‘to direct, rule, regulate’
Latin regulatus ‘regulated, having been regulated’
English regulate
Today it means
verb Regulate to an excessive degree; stifle with a plethora of rules.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hyperregulate