Reconstruction:Latin/drectus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Syncopated form of *derēctus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdrektʊs/

Adjective

*drēctus (feminine *drēcta, neuter *drēctum); first/second-declension adjective(Proto-Romance)

straight
right (on the right-hand side)

Noun

*drēctus m (oblique *drēctum); second declension

right (entitlement)
law

Related terms

*dērēctus
*drēctiō

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: dreptu ⇒ ãndreptu, ãdreptu, adreptu, ndreptu, adireptu
- Romanian: drept
- → Albanian: drejtë
Dalmatian:
- drat
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: dritto
- Sicilian: drittu
  - → Maltese: dritt
Padanian:
- Friulian: dret
- Ladin: dërt
- Lombard: drecc, dreç, driç
- Piedmontese: dret, drecc
- Romansch: dretg, dret
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: drêt
- Old French: droit, dreit, droict
  - Angevin: drait
  - Bourbonnais-Berrichon: droét
  - Gallo: drait
  - Middle French: droict (see there for further descendants)
  - Norman: dreit
  - Picard: droét
  - Poitevin-Saintongeais: dret
  - Tourangeau: dreit
  - Walloon: droet
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Aragonese: dreito
- Catalan: dret
- Occitan:
  - Gascon: dret
  - Languedocien: drech, dreit
  - Limousin: drech, dreit
  - Auvergnat: dreit
  - Provençal: drech
  - Vivaro-Alpine: drech, dreit
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: dreitu, drechu
- Galician: dreito