NODE / 0729attestedPresent-Day English

right

TRANSLITERATION rightPRONUNCIATION /raɪt/

correct, just, proper, straight, or right-side

DATE: before 12th century–today
SENSE: correct just straight
FAMILY: Indo-European / Germanic
CANONICAL KEY: node:1:right:attested:sense:correct-just-straight

The dossier preserves moral, factual, geometric, and directional senses without declaring one the only real meaning.

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Middle English · Middle English · correct just straight

right

right, just, straight

SOUND: Modern right continues Middle English right through English spelling and sound history.
MEANING: Justice, correctness, suitability, straightness, and direction remain part of a polysemous word.
CHRONOLOGY: Merriam-Webster reports use before the twelfth century.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
CONFIDENCE: established

Right — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsDefinitions, Word History, and First Known Use

Supplies the English continuity, polysemy, and pre-twelfth-century horizon.

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Right — American Heritage DictionarycontextHeadword definitions and etymology

Independently preserves straight, just, correct, and directional senses.

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before 12th century

Merriam-Webster first-known-use report for right

Source-reported earliest written record located by current scholarship; no underlying Old English object was directly inspected.

right dossier · recorded as right

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