Where does “adūnrihte” come from?
adūnrihte (Old English) comes from Old English rihte, from Old English E, from Latin E, from Etruscan 𐌄, from Ancient Greek ε, from Phoenician 𐤄, from Egyptian 𓀠.
adūnrihte (Old English): straight down, directly downwards
Definitions
- straight down, directly downwards
Ancestry of “adūnrihte”, step by step
adūnrihte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English rihte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | rihte | straight; right, in the following senses |
| 2 | Old English | E | — |
| 3 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 4 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 7 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |