redress

redress · verb, noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromdīrēctus“straight”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*drēctiāre
3. Old French · derived fromdrechier
4. Proto-Italic · derived from*wre-“again”
5. Latin · derived fromre-
6. Old French · derived fromre-“again, once more”
7. Old French · derived fromredrecier“to stand (someone or something) up; to stand up again”
8. Middle French · derived fromredresser“to stand (someone or something) up; to stand up again; to rebuild, to repair something damaged, to rectify, to restore; to obtain redress; to cure; (of hair) to stand on end; to revise a judgment”
9. Anglo-Norman · derived fromradresser
10. Middle English · inherited fromredressen
11. English todayredress

From Middle English redressen, from Anglo-Norman radresser, redrescer, redrescier and Middle French redresser (“to stand (someone or something) up; to stand up again; to rebuild, to repair something damaged, to rectify, to restore; to obtain redress; to cure; (of hair) to stand on end; to revise a judgment”) (modern French redresser), from Old French redrecier (“to stand (someone or something) up; to stand up again”), from Old French re- (“again, once more”) (from Latin re-, from Proto-Italic *wre- (“again”); further etymology uncertain) + Old French drechier, drecier, dresser (“to dress; to stand up”) (from Vulgar Latin *drēctiāre, a contracted form of *dīrēctiāre, from Latin dīrēctus (“straight”)). Compare Catalan redreçar, Spanish redreçar (obsolete), Italian redreçare, redrezare, redricciare, ridirizzare (all obsolete), ridrizzare, Late Latin redressare (“to repair; to set right”), Old Occitan redreisar, redresar.

redress · verb, noun²

1. Proto-Italic*wre-
2. Latinre-
3. Old Frenchre-
4. Middle Englishre-
5. Englishre-
6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
8. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
9. Proto-Italic*dis-
10. Latindīs-
11. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
12. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵtós
13. Proto-Italic*rektos
14. Latinrēctus
15. Latindīrēctus
16. Vulgar Latin*dīrēctiāre
17. Old Frenchdrecier
18. Middle Englishdressen
19. Englishdress
20. English todayredress

From re- + dress.

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