NODE / 0782attestedLatin
dīrigere
TRANSLITERATION dīrigere
set straight, direct, guide
- DATE
- Latin
- SENSE
- direct guide compound
- FAMILY
- Indo-European / Italic
- CANONICAL KEY
- node:9:dirigere:attested:sense:direct-guide-compound
The canonical graph exposes both dī-/dis- and regere as morphological parents.
01ANCESTRAL EDGES
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GO DEEPERcompound componentestablished
Latin · Latin · lead straight rule verbregere
lead straight, direct, rule
- SOUND
- Latin dīrigere contains regere beside the separately modeled dī-/dis- prefix.
- MEANING
- Setting apart or into line specializes leading straight, guiding, and directing.
- SCHOLAR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established — The exact contribution of the prefix is not paraphrased as modern negation.
GO DEEPERcompound componentestablished
Latin · Latin · apart prefixdī-/dis-
apart, asunder
- SOUND
- Latin dīrigere contains dī-, a form of dis-, beside regere.
- MEANING
- The prefix participates in the set-straight and direct formation without being equated to modern negation.
- SCHOLAR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established
02DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES
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03TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE
EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE
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- UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
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- REVIEWED EDGES
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- DEEPEST PATH
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- MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01inflectionestablished
- SOUND
- Latin dīrēctus is the past participle of dīrigere.
- MEANING
- What has been set straight becomes straight or directed.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 785 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 022 EDGES
STEP 02borrowingestablished
- SOUND
- Anglo-French directer continues Latin dīrēctus through Romance verbal formation.
- MEANING
- Straightened supplies directing and guiding senses.
STEP 02parallel borrowingestablished
- SOUND
- The English adjective direct is reported from Latin dīrēctus without requiring the Anglo-French verb stage.
- MEANING
- Straight, undeviating, and immediate adjective senses enter beside the verbal guidance route.
HISTORICAL STEP 031 EDGE
STEP 03borrowingestablished
- SOUND
- Middle English directen was borrowed through Anglo-French directer in the verb route.
- MEANING
- To guide or point crosses into English.
HISTORICAL STEP 041 EDGE
STEP 04continuationestablished
- SOUND
- Modern direct continues Middle English directen with loss of the infinitive ending and stabilized modern spelling.
- MEANING
- Guiding, aiming, ordering, straightness, and immediacy expand across verb, adjective, and adverb functions.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 782 ↗ “Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.
04RECORDED EVIDENCE
ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE
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05EDITORIAL REUSE
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