English
correctio
Correctio comes from Latin corrēctiō ‘correction, amendment’, from regō ‘to rule, govern, direct’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃reǵ-1‘to straighten’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃réǵeti1‘to be straightening, to be setting upright’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*regō1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEregō1‘to rule, govern, direct’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorrigō1‘to correct’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorrēctiō2‘correction, amendment’
- Englishearliest quotation 1998correctio2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin correctio
- 2 Wiktionary, English correctio
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1998, Alastair Fowler, Paradise Lost (Longman Annotated English Poets: “This syntactic correctio (self-correction) is not so emphatic as…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃reǵ-Wiktionary, Latin correctio‘to straighten’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃réǵetiWiktionary, Latin correctio‘to be straightening, to be setting upright’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*regōWiktionary, Latin correctioreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEregōWiktionary, Latin correctio‘to rule, govern, direct’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorrigōWiktionary, Latin correctio‘to correct’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorrēctiōWiktionary, English correctio‘correction, amendment’
- Englishearliest quotation 1998correctioWiktionary, English correctio. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1998, Alastair Fowler, Paradise Lost (Longman Annotated English Poets: “This syntactic correctio (self-correction) is not so emphatic as…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’
right, real, rich, royal, regular, rank, roy, radar, arrangement, rack, rogue, arrange, rex, raj, rake, interrogation, dresser, regal, regency, rani, undress, rajah, dressage, rector, rhesus, eldritch, riel, dirigible, derailleur, interregnum, retch, rectilinear, 73 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti ‘to be straightening, to be setting upright’
through Proto-Italic *regō
regional, resource, direction, ruler, regiment, directory, regimen, erectile, erectus, erector, 34 more
through Latin regō ‘to rule, govern, direct’
source, rule, address, region, dress, director, direct, regime, realm, regulate, regent, resurrection, erect, droit, rectify, insurrection, rectum, dirge, irregularity, regula, rectification, derecho, regio, recto, rectus, rectitude, corregidor, 47 more
through Latin corrigō ‘to correct’
Today it means
noun The amending of a statement just made by further detailing the meaning.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “correctio”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin correctio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- / correctio