Etymology

dressage

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Today it means: The schooling of a horse. Full definition →

French dressage ← Old French drecier ← Vulgar Latin *dīrēctiāre
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindīs-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵtós
  8. Proto-Italic*rektos
  9. Latinrēctus
  10. Latindīrēctus
  11. Vulgar Latin*dīrēctiāre
  12. Old Frenchdrecier
  13. Frenchdresser
  14. Frenchdressage
  15. English todaydressage

Borrowed from French dressage (“training”).

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