Etymograph

English

regimen

Regimen comes from Latin regimen ‘guidance, direction, government, rule’, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti ‘to be straightening, to be setting upright’, and ultimately from *h₃reǵ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃reǵ-‘to straighten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃réǵeti‘to be straightening, to be setting upright’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*regōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEregō‘to rule’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEregimen‘guidance, direction, government, rule’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1828same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃reǵ-‘to straighten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃réǵeti‘to be straightening, to be setting upright’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*regōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEregō‘to rule’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEregimen‘guidance, direction, government, rule’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1828same form

Earliest quotation: 1828, J. V. Douville, The Speaking French Grammar: “Active verbs express an action which an agent, called…”

Linked words

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

right, real, rich, royal, correct, regular, rank, roy, radar, arrange, rack, rogue, rex, interrogation, raj, rake, dresser, rector, rani, regal, undress, regency, rajah, dressage, rhesus, eldritch, riel, derailleur, rectilinear, dirigible, interregnum, retch, 76 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti ‘to be straightening, to be setting upright’

ana, anorexia, 42 more

through Proto-Italic *regō

resource, regional, ruler, directory, erectile, erectus, erector, 37 more

through Latin regō ‘to rule’

source, director, rule, direction, address, direct, dress, region, resurrection, regulate, erect, insurrection, rectify, regent, rectum, droit, rectification, dirge, incorrigible, irregularity, rectitude, recto, rectus, derecho, regula, corregidor, regio, 47 more

through Latin regimen ‘guidance, direction, government, rule’

realm, régime, 2 more

Today it means

noun Orderly government; system of order; administration.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- / regimen

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