rigor
English
/ɹɪɡɚ/
noun
Definitions
- (alternative spelling of) rigour
- (informal)
Etymology
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
- rigored English
- rigorisation English
- rigorise English
- rigorism English
- rigoristic English
- rigorization English
- rigorize English
- rigorous English
- rigeo Latin
- rigo Latin
- rigor Latin
- rigide Dutch, Flemish
- rigoureux French
- *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *reyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *raikijaną Proto-Germanic
- overrechen Middle English
- rigged Middle English
- con·rig Old Irish
- req Albanian
- *rigeti Proto-Celtic