Where does “redress” come from?
Redress comes from Middle English redresse, formed with the prefix re- from Old French re- and directus from Latin, ultimately deriving from Latin dirigo meaning to direct or guide.
redress (English): To put in order again; to set right; to revise;...
Definitions
- To put in order again; to set right; to revise;...
Ancestry of “redress”, step by step
redress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dress
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dress | To fit out with the necessary clothing; to... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |