droict

• droit

From Old French droit, dreit, from Latin d(i)rectus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *reg-, whence also English right. The -c- was added back to reflect the Latin etymology.

droict m (plural droicts or droictz)

1. right (entitlement)

droict m (feminine singular droicte, masculine plural droicts, feminine plural droictes)

1. right; just; moral
2. right (on the right-hand side)
3. right; correct; real; genuine
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 37:

     le chevalier les assist en droit ordre

     the knight put them in the right order

4. straight; direct (of a route, etc.)

droict

1. right (directly at, directly towards)
   • 1552, François Rabelais, Le Tiers Livre:

     C'est (respondit Carpalim) droict visé a ma visiere.

     It's (Carpalim replied) aimed right at my visor

• French: droit
  • ⇒ French: adroit
    • → English: adroit
    • → German: adrett
      • → Danish: adræt