English
rightify
From right + -ify.
Formed from right + -ify
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’
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Proto-Germanic *rehtaz ‘right’
Proto-West Germanic *reht ‘straight’
Old English reht
Middle English reȝt
English right
Today it means
verb To put right; to rectify.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “rightify”. 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 / rightify