Where does “adounright” come from?
adounright (Middle English) comes from Old English adūnrihte, from Old English rihte, from Old English E, from Latin E, from Etruscan 𐌄, from Ancient Greek ε, from Phoenician 𐤄, from Egyptian 𓀠.
adounright (Middle English): straight down, directly downward
Definitions
- straight down, directly downward
Ancestry of “adounright”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | adūnrihte | straight down, directly downwards |
| 2 | Old English | rihte | straight; right, in the following senses |
| 3 | Old English | E | — |
| 4 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 5 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 8 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |