English

interrule

From inter- (“in the midst of”) + rule (“mark with straight lines”).

Formed from inter- ‘in the midst of’ + rule ‘mark with straight lines’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’

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Latin regō ‘to keep straight’

Latin regula ‘straight stick’

Old French riule

Middle English reule

English rule

Today it means

verb Mark with straight lines between or among pre-existing straight lines.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / interrule