Middle English right continues Old English riht.
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right
right, just, straight
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedOld English · Old English · correct just straightriht
right, just, correct, straight
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Right — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology: Middle English from Old English riht
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Explicitly supplies the English ancestry.
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