English
adret
Adret may come from French adret ‘sun-facing side of a mountain’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentadret‘sun-facing side of a mountain’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1942same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentadret‘sun-facing side of a mountain’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1942same form
Earliest quotation: 1942, Japanese Journal of Geology and Geograph, Titles and Abstracts: “The distribution of barley is generally on the adret…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ‘at’
through Proto-Italic *ad
through Latin ad ‘to, towards’
agree, aim, ad, appoint, await, attire, amortization, adage, affix, accolade, alliteration, affine, après, adulation, apportion, adobo, adroit, apres, 19 more
Today it means
noun The sun-facing side of a mountain; in the northern hemisphere, this is typically the south-facing slope.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French adret / adret