recto
Spanish
adj
Definitions
- straight (of a line, pipe, street, etc, never about sexuality.)
- honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just, fair
- literal (of a meaning)
- (geometry) right (of an angle, etc)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rectus (right, straight) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (right, straightened, having moved in a straight line).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃reǵtós
Gloss
right, straightened, having moved in a straight line
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
右