Etymology

correct

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Today it means: Free from error; true; accurate. Full definition →

French correct ← Latin correctus
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correct · adjective, adverb, interjection, noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromcorrectus“improved, amended, correct”
  2. French · borrowed fromcorrect
  3. English todaycorrect

Borrowed from French correct, from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from con- (“together”) + combining form of regō, regere (“I rule, make straight”).

correct · verb2

  1. Latin · derived fromcorrectus
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcorrecter
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcorrecten
  4. English todaycorrect

From Middle English correcten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman correcter, from Latin correctus.

Words from the same roots

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