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Where does “adrecier” come from?

adrecier (Old French) comes from Old French drecier, from Vulgar Latin directiare, from Latin dīrectus, from Latin dīrigō, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

adrecier (Old French): to straighten; to point in the right direction;...

Definitions

  1. to straighten; to point in the right direction;...

Ancestry of “adrecier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdrecierto stand up; to get on one's feet
2Vulgar Latindirectiare—
3Latindīrectus—
4Latindīrigō—
5Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
6Latincalceusshoe
7Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
8Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “adrecier”

  • address
  • addressing
  • addressee
  • addressable
  • maladroit
  • addresser
  • readdress
  • addressability
  • maladroitness
  • addressin
  • addressivity
  • maladroitly
  • addresseth
  • addressive
  • subaddress
  • addressest
  • maladdress
  • addressible
  • nonaddressable
  • unaddressable
  • misaddress
  • addressment
  • multiaddress
  • multiaddressing
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