The story
- Latin · derived fromdīrige“guide”
- English todaydirige
From Middle English, from Latin dīrige (“guide”, imperative), from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead: Dīrige, Domine, Deus meus, in cōnspectū tuō viam meam (“Guide, O Lord my God, my way by your sight”). Doublet of dirge.
Words from the same roots
Latindīrige all →
dirge
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.