English
get right
From get + right.
Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- ‘to take, seize’
Proto-Germanic *getaną ‘to find; to acquire, get’
Old Norse geta ‘to get’
Middle English geten ‘to get’
English get
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’
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Proto-Germanic *rehtaz ‘right’
Proto-West Germanic *reht ‘straight’
Old English reht
Middle English reȝt
English right
Today it means
verb To become rectified: to straighten oneself out; to straighten out one's life or practices (with respect to some comparator or standard).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / get right