droit
French
noun
Definitions
- right entitlement
- law study of law
- (geometry) right angle
Etymology
Inherited from Old French droit inherited from Latin *drēctus, dīrēctus.
Origin
Latin
dīrēctus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- affair English
- *drectus Latin
- *drēctus Latin
- *dērēctus Latin
- accidēns Latin
- d(i)rectus, directus Latin
- directus Latin
- dīrectus Latin
- dīrēctus Latin
- drittamente Italian
- dritto Italian
- droitement French
- droitier French
- droiture French
- *ád Proto-Indo-European
- *at Proto-Germanic
- *tila- Proto-Germanic
- dreit Old French
- dreiture Old French
- droit Old French
- droiture Old French
- orendroit Old French
- drito Serbo-Croatian
- dret Catalan, Valencian
- dretà Catalan, Valencian
- drouait Norman
- droict Middle French
- drech Occitan
- endrech Occitan
- dreit Old Occitan
- drat Dalmatian
- dwa Haitian, Haitian Creole
- droet Walloon
- dërt Ladin
- dret Old Catalan