rigor
Latin
noun
Definitions
- stiffness, rigidity
- rigor, cold, harshness, severity
Etymology
Affix from Latin rigeō (I am stiff, I am rigid) root from Proto-Indo-European *reyǵ- (bind, reach, stretch tight).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*reyǵ-
Gloss
bind, reach, stretch tight
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- rigor English
- rigorous English
- *adrigorire Latin
- derigeo Latin
- rigeo Latin
- rigeō Latin
- rigidus Latin
- rigo Latin
- rigide Dutch, Flemish
- rigoureux French
- *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *reyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *raikijaną Proto-Germanic
- rygor Polish
- overrechen Middle English
- rigged Middle English
- rigour Middle English
- rigor Old French
- arraulir Catalan, Valencian
- rece Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- răcoare Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- con·rig Old Irish
- req Albanian
- *rigeti Proto-Celtic
- arcoari Aromanian