English

self-rule

From self- + rule.

A compound of self- + rule

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

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

…

Latin regō ‘to keep straight’

Latin regula ‘straight stick’

Old French riule

Middle English reule

English rule

Today it means

noun Rule of a group of people by their own leaders as opposed to rule imposed by a foreign government or people.

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Etymograph / self-rule