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Where does “arrectus” come from?

arrectus (Latin) comes from Latin arrigo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

arrectus (Latin): erect, perpendicular, upright, steep

Definitions

  1. erect, perpendicular, upright, steep

Ancestry of “arrectus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinarrigoI raise, erect; I encourage, animate, rouse,...
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “arrectus”

  • arrecho
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →