drictus

Latin

Etymology

From dīrēctus. Attested beginning from the fifth century.

The spelling reflects an Italo-Western merger of Latin ē and i as /e/.

Adjective

drictus (feminine dricta, neuter drictum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

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

Noun

drictus m (genitive drictī); second declension (Late Latin)

1. right (entitlement)
2. law

Related terms

• *dērēctus
• *drēctiō

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: dreptu ⇒ ãndreptu, ãdreptu, adreptu, ndreptu, adireptu
  • Romanian: drept
  • → Albanian: drejtë
• Dalmatian:
  • drat
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: dritto
  • Sicilian: drittu
    • → Maltese: dritt
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: dret
  • Ladin: dërt
  • Lombard: drecc, dreç, driç
  • Piedmontese: dret, drecc
  • Romansch: dretg, dret
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: drêt
  • Old French: droit, dreit, droict
    • Angevin: drait
    • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: droét
    • Gallo: drait
    • Middle French: droict (see there for further descendants)
    • Norman: dreit
    • Picard: droét
    • Poitevin-Saintongeais: dret
    • Walloon: droet
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: dreito
  • Catalan: dret
  • Occitan:
    • Gascon: dret
    • Languedocien: drech, dreit
    • Limousin: drech, dreit
    • Auvergnat: dreit
    • Provençal: drech
    • Vivaro-Alpine: drech, dreit
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: dreitu, drechu
  • Galician: dreito