English
straighty
From straight + -y.
Formed from straight + -y
Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan ‘to stretch’
Old English streċċan ‘to stretch’
Middle English strecchen ‘to stretch’
Middle English streight ‘straight’
English straight
The story
Potentially influenced by whitey.
Today it means
noun One who is straight (legally or morally abiding).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / straighty