Proto-Indo-European

*h₃reǵtós

‘straightened, right, upright’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.

15 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós, most familiar first.

• right ← reȝt ← reht ← *reht ← *rehtaz
• address ← adressen ← adrecier ← drecier ← *dīrēctiāre
• dresser ← dressure ← drecëur ← drecier ← *dīrēctiāre
• rectify ← rectifien ← rectifiier ← rēctificō ← rēctus
• rectum ← rectum intestinum ← rectus ← regō ← *rektos
• undress ← undressen ← dressen ← *dīrēctiāre ← dīrēctus
• dressage ← dresser ← drecier ← *dīrēctiāre ← dīrēctus
• rectification ← rectificacioun ← rectificacion ← rectificatio ← rēctificō
• recto ← rēctus ← regō ← *rektos
• aright ← ariȝt ← āriht ← riht ← *reht
• rectus ← regō ← *rektos
• righter ← rightere ← rihtra ← riht ← *reht

More words from *h₃reǵtós

• recte
• rectificate
• unright

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós