Latin

rēctus

‘led straight along, drawn in a straight line, straight, upright’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin rēctus.

14 English words in this record descend from Latin rēctus, most familiar first.

• address ← adressen ← adrecier ← drecier ← *dīrēctiāre
• dresser ← dressure ← drecëur ← drecier ← *dīrēctiāre
• rectify ← rectifien ← rectifiier ← rēctificō
• rectum ← rectum intestinum
• undress ← undressen ← dressen ← *dīrēctiāre ← dīrēctus
• dressage ← dresser ← drecier ← *dīrēctiāre ← dīrēctus
• rectification ← rectificacioun ← rectificacion ← rectificatio ← rēctificō
• recto
• rectus
• rectitude ← rectitūdō
• rectitudinous ← rēctitūdō
• rectificate ← rēctificō

More words from rēctus

• rectitudinarian
• rectitudinal

Etymograph / Latin rēctus