< Reconstruction:Latin
Reconstruction:Latin/derectus
Latin
Etymology
Alteration of dīrēctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈrektʊs/
Adjective
*dērēctus (feminine *dērēcta, neuter *dērēctum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Romance)
- straight
- right (on the right-hand side)
Noun
*dērēctus m (oblique *dērēctum); second declension (Proto-Romance)
- right (entitlement)
- law
Related terms
- *drēctus
- *dērēctiō
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Megleno-Romanian: dirept
- Romanian: derept, dirept
- Sardinian:
- daretu, deretu
- Ibero-Romance:
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: derechu
- Old Portuguese: dereito
- Galician: dereito
- Portuguese: direito (see there for further descendants)
- Old Spanish:
- Ladino: derecho
- Spanish: derecho, drecho
- → English: derecho
- → Papiamentu: derecho, drechi
- Old Leonese: