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Where does “rightwis” come from?

rightwis (Middle English) comes from Old English rihtwīs — righteous, just, right, justifiable; righteous,...

Ancestry of “rightwis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishrihtwīsrighteous, just, right, justifiable; righteous,...

Words derived from “rightwis”

  • righteous
  • unrighteous
  • righteously
  • unrighteously
  • rightwise
  • rightwiseness
  • overrighteous
  • rightuous
  • rightwisely
  • rightwose
  • rightwos
  • self-righteousness
  • self-righteously
  • self-righteous
Every word from Old English rihtwīs →