NODE / 0796boundaryBeyond secure reconstruction
UNKNOWN
No securely promoted earlier analysis is currently attached to this prefix branch.
- DATE
- before the reviewed Latin prefix
- SENSE
- latin dis prefix boundary
- FAMILY
- unclassified
- CANONICAL KEY
- boundary:graph:latin-dis-prefix-0063
The boundary prevents the morphological side branch from being mistaken for a complete deeper reconstruction.
01ANCESTRAL EDGES
ROOT OF THIS ROOT
*THE TRAIL ENDS HERE.No reviewed parent edge extends beyond this canonical node.
02DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES
THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP
DESCENDANTknowledge boundaryboundary
Latin · Latin · apart prefixdī-/dis-
apart, asunder
- SOUND
- No deeper parent is promoted for the Latin prefix in this dossier.
- MEANING
- The morphological branch stops at the limit of the cited headword analysis.
- SCHOLAR
- SET-U editorial boundary
- CONFIDENCE
- boundary — A source can identify a component without supplying its complete prehistory.
03TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE
EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE
This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.
- UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
- 6
- REVIEWED EDGES
- 7
- DEEPEST PATH
- 6
- MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
- 1
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01knowledge boundaryboundary
- SOUND
- No deeper parent is promoted for the Latin prefix in this dossier.
- MEANING
- The morphological branch stops at the limit of the cited headword analysis.
HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE
STEP 02compound componentestablished
- 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.
American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 802 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 031 EDGE
STEP 03inflectionestablished
- 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 042 EDGES
STEP 04borrowingestablished
- SOUND
- Anglo-French directer continues Latin dīrēctus through Romance verbal formation.
- MEANING
- Straightened supplies directing and guiding senses.
STEP 04parallel 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 051 EDGE
STEP 05borrowingestablished
- SOUND
- Middle English directen was borrowed through Anglo-French directer in the verb route.
- MEANING
- To guide or point crosses into English.
HISTORICAL STEP 061 EDGE
STEP 06continuationestablished
- 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
NO RECORDED WITNESS ATTACHED.The reviewed graph does not yet attach a source-reported or directly inspected witness to this canonical form.
05EDITORIAL REUSE
WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE