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Correct comes from French correct, from Latin correctus, past participle of corrigō ‘to set right’ (con- + regō ‘to rule’), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’.

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃reǵ-¹‘to straighten’reconstructed
2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*regō¹reconstructed
3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEregō¹‘to rule; to straighten’
4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorrigō¹‘to correct, set right’
5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorrectus¹‘corrected; straightened’
6. Frenchc. 1600–presentcorrect¹
7. Englishearliest quotation 2013correct¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English correct
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2013, Julie Vargas: “Having each day's rates of corrects and incorrects written…”.