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Where does “dreta” come from?

dreta (Catalan) comes from Catalan -à, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

dreta (Catalan): right-handed; right-wing; righty

Definitions

  1. right-handed; right-wing; righty

Ancestry of “dreta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-à-an; -ane
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-ā—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “dreta”

  • ultradretà
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →