drictus

Latin

Etymology

From dīrēctus. Attested beginning from the fifth century.[1]

The spelling reflects an Italo-Western merger of Latin ē and i as /e/.

Adjective

drictus (feminine dricta, neuter drictum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

  1. straight
  2. right (on the right-hand side)

Noun

drictus m (genitive drictī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. right (entitlement)
  2. law

Descendants

  • Balkano-Romance:
    • Aromanian: dreptu ⇒ ãndreptu, ãdreptu, adreptu, ndreptu, adireptu
    • Romanian: drept
    • → Albanian: drejtë
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Lombard: drecc, dreç, driç
    • Piedmontese: dret, drecc
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: dreito
    • Asturian: dreitu, drechu
    • Galician: dreito

References

  1. ^ Brachet, Auguste, A Historical Grammar of the French Tongue, tr. G. W. Kitchin, M. A., Clarendon Press, 1869, p. 50
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