Etymology

rectitudinal

R1E1C3T1I1T1U1D2I1N1A1L1

Today it means: Characterized by rectitude. Full definition →

Latin rēctitūdin-
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latin · derived fromrēctitūdō
  2. Latin · derived fromrēctitūdin-
  3. English todayrectitudinal

From Latin rēctitūdin- + -al, from oblique stem of Latin rēctitūdō, from rēctus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, rectitude + -al.

Words from the same roots

Latinrēctitūdin- all →

rectitudinarianrectitudinous

Latinrēctitūdō all →

rectitudinarianrectitudinous

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.