Proto-Indo-European
*h₃reǵ-
‘to straighten’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.
147 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-, most familiar first.
- right ← reȝt ← reht ← *reht ← *rehtaz
- real ← rēgālis ← rēx ← *rēks ← *h₃rḗǵs
- director ← directeur ← dīrēctōrem ← dīrēctus ← dīrigō
- source ← sours ← sorse ← surgō ← surrigō
- region ← regioun ← regiun ← regiō ← regō
- regular ← reguler ← reguler ← rēgulāris ← rēgula
- rule ← reule ← riule ← regula ← regō
- direction ← direccioun ← direccion ← dīrēctiō ← dīrigō
- address ← adressen ← adrecier ← drecier ← *dīrēctiāre
- direct ← dīrēctus ← dīrigō ← regō ← *regō
- rich ← riche ← rīċe ← *rīkī ← *rīkijaz
- royal ← roial ← rēgālis ← rēx ← *rēks
More words from *h₃reǵ-
- correct
- dress
- regional
- rank
- resource
- regime
- arrangement
- roy
- radar
- realm
- arrange
- directory
- regiment
- rack
- ana
- rex
- rogue
- regulate
- ruler
- righteous
- royalty
- resurrection
- upright
- rightly
- riches
- interrogation
- raj
- erect
- righteousness
- regent
- rake
- rightful
- dresser
- rector
- regal
- regimen
- richness
- regency
- insurrection
- rectify
- anorexia
- rani
- rectum
- rectory
- undress
- erectile
- dressage
- regalia
- rajah
- irregularity
- rhesus
- rectification
- incorrigible
- droit
- régime
- erectus
- dirge
- righteously
- eldritch
- rightness
- recto
- regula
- rectilinear
- riel
- aright
- interregnum
- unrighteousness
- unrighteous
- erector
- rectus
- rectitude
- derecho
- dirigible
- derailleur
- regio
- corregidor
- retch
- righter
- maladroit
- orexin
- corrigendum
- regality
- rection
- resurge
- anorectic
- rogation
- sord
- porrect
- sourd
- ruly
- dirigiste
- dirigisme
- rectorate
- recte
- surgent
- regidor
- arrect
- arrector
- assurgent
- correctio
- corregimiento
- corrigate
- corrigative
- directorium
- dirigent
- erogate
- eright
- interrex
- irregulous
- irregible
- orexis
- orexigenic
- orectic
- porrectus
- rakehell
- rectrix
- regimina
- rectitudinous
- rectificate
- reglementary
- regible
- regian
- rectitudinarian
- regionary
- regulize
- rectitudinal
- rightwise
- righthood
- rillette
- rogitate
- roytelet
- surgation
- subregnum
- surrect
- unright
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-