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Where does “riȝtful” come from?

riȝtful (Middle English) comes from Old English rihtfull.

Ancestry of “riȝtful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishrihtfull—

Words derived from “riȝtful”

  • rightful
  • unrightfully
  • unrightful
  • unrightfulness
Every word from Old English rihtfull →