adroit

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃réǵeti“to be straightening, setting upright”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dwís“twice; in two”
3. Latin · derived fromdīrēctus“laid straight; direct, straight; level; upright”
4. Late Latin · derived fromdrictus
5. Old French · derived fromdroit
6. French · derived fromdroit“right”
7. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ád“at; near”
8. Latin · derived fromad“to; towards”
9. Old French · derived froma“to; towards”
10. French · derived fromà“on the; to”
11. French · borrowed fromadroit
12. English todayadroit

Borrowed from French adroit, from French à (“on the; to”) (from Old French a (“to; towards”), from Latin ad (“to; towards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“at; near”)) + French droit (“right”) (from Old French droit, dreit, from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrēctus (“laid straight; direct, straight; level; upright”), perfective passive participle of dīrigō (“to lay straight”), from dis- (“apart, in two”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice; in two”)) + regō (“to govern, rule; to guide, steer”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to be straightening, setting upright”))).

Words from the same roots