Etymograph

English

porrect

Porrect comes from Latin porrectus ‘stretched, extended’, from regō ‘direct’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃reǵ-‘to straighten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃réǵeti‘to be straightening, to be setting upright’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*regōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEregō‘direct’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEporrigō‘stretch out’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEporrectus‘stretched, extended’past participle of porrigō
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1824porrect

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃reǵ-‘to straighten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃réǵeti‘to be straightening, to be setting upright’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*regōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEregō‘direct’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEporrigō‘stretch out’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEporrectus‘stretched, extended’past participle of porrigō
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1824porrect

Earliest quotation: 1824, Thomas Poynter: “The Court said, it was a general rule, that…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’

right, real, rich, royal, regular, rank, roy, radar, arrangement, rack, rogue, arrange, correct, rex, raj, interrogation, rake, dresser, regal, regency, rani, undress, rajah, dressage, rhesus, rector, eldritch, riel, dirigible, derailleur, interregnum, retch, rectilinear, 72 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti ‘to be straightening, to be setting upright’

ana, anorexia, 39 more

through Proto-Italic *regō

regional, resource, ruler, regiment, directory, regimen, erectile, erectus, erector, 34 more

through Latin regō ‘direct’

source, rule, region, address, dress, direction, director, direct, regime, realm, regulate, regent, resurrection, erect, insurrection, rectify, droit, régime, dirge, rectum, irregularity, incorrigible, rectification, regula, regio, derecho, rectitude, corregidor, rectus, recto, 46 more

Today it means

adj stretched out or forward

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- / porrect

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