aright · adverb1
- Old English · inherited fromāriht“aright, properly”
- Middle English · inherited fromariȝt
- English todayaright
From Middle English ariȝt, ariht, from Old English āriht (“aright, properly”), from earlier *an riht, on riht (“rightly”), corresponding to a- + right.
aright · verb2
- Old English · inherited fromġerihtan“to set right”
- Middle English · inherited fromiriȝten
- Middle English · inherited fromarighten
- English todayaright
From Middle English arighten, arihten (“to raise up”); and Middle English iriȝten, irihten, ȝerihten (“to make right, correct, erect”), from Old English ġerihtan (“to set right”), equivalent to a- + right.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.