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Where does “dressage” come from?

Dressage comes from French dressage, from French dresser meaning to train or straighten, ultimately from Latin dirigo meaning to direct or guide.

dressage (English): The schooling of a horse; An equestrian sport in...

Definitions

  1. The schooling of a horse; An equestrian sport in...

Ancestry of “dressage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdressagetraining; dressage
2Frenchdresserto raise, to erect, to build; to raise, to lift,...
3Old Frenchdrecierto stand up; to get on one's feet
4Vulgar Latindirectiare—
5Latindīrectus—
6Latindīrigō—
7Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
8Latincalceusshoe
9Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
10Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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