adret

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃reǵ-“to straighten, right oneself; just, right”
2. Latin · derived fromdīrēctus“direct, straight”
3. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂éd“at; to”
4. Latin · derived fromad“to, towards”
5. Old Occitan · derived fromadreg
6. Occitan · borrowed fromadret
7. French · borrowed fromadret
8. English todayadret

Borrowed from French adret or Occitan adret, adré, adrech, adreit (“sun-facing side of a mountain”), from Old Occitan adreg, adreit, from a (“to, towards”) (from Latin ad (“to, towards”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; to”)) + dreg, dreit (“just; right”) (from Latin dīrēctus (“direct, straight”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself; just, right”)); compare French adroit.

Words from the same roots