Etymology

droit

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Today it means: A legal right or entitlement. Full definition →

French droit
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  1. French · borrowed fromdroit
  2. English todaydroit

From French droit. Doublet of direct.

Words from the same roots

Frenchdroit all →

adroitdroit of admiralty

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.