Reconstruction:Latin/derectus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Alteration of dīrēctus.

• IPA^(key): /deˈrektʊs/

*dērēctus (feminine *dērēcta, neuter *dērēctum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Romance)

1. straight
2. right (on the right-hand side)

*dērēctus m (oblique *dērēctum); second declension (Proto-Romance)

1. right (entitlement)
2. law

• drictus
• *dērēctiō

• Balkan Romance:
  • Megleno-Romanian: dirept
  • Romanian: derept, dirept
• Sardinian:
  • daretu, deretu
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: derechu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: dereito
    • Galician: dereito
    • Portuguese: direito (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish:
    • Ladino: derecho
    • Spanish: derecho, drecho (obsolete, regional)
      • → English: derecho
      • → Papiamentu: derecho, drechi