Etymology

dressy

D2R1E1S1S1Y4

Today it means: Elegant, smart, or stylish. Full definition →

English dress ← Middle English dressen ← Old French drecier
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The story

  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. Middle Englishdressen
  14. Englishdress
  15. English todaydressy

From dress + -y.

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