myEtymology.com: English etymology of overruling

Etymology of the English word overruling

the English word overruling

derived from the English word overrule

derived from the English word rule

derived from the Old French word riule

derived from the Classical Latin word regula (ruler, straight edge; basic principle)

using the Proto-Indo-European prefix reg- (to move in a straight line)

derived from the Old French word reule

derived from the Classical Latin word regula (ruler, straight edge; basic principle)

using the Proto-Indo-European prefix reg- (to move in a straight line)

using the English prefix over-

derived from the English word over

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *uberi

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *uper