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Right — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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RANKED REVEALS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
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SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT
DISPUTE POSITIONS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
resolvedsupportsestablished
Did right begin only as a moral judgment?
No. The reviewed history joins straight, correct, just, proper, and directional senses inside one inherited family.
Etymology and akin formsConnects right with Latin rectus straight and regere direct or rule.
resolvedcontextestablished
Is political right the prehistoric source of the word?
No. American Heritage treats the political sense as a later seating-based development in legislative assemblies.
Headword definitionsSeparates political senses from the inherited etymology.
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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
EDGE 717supportsestablished
right → right
Present-Day English → Middle English · continuation
- 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.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Definitions, Word History, and First Known UseSupplies the English continuity, polysemy, and pre-twelfth-century horizon.
EDGE 718supportsestablished
right → riht
Middle English → Old English · inheritance
- SOUND
- Middle English right continues Old English riht.
- MEANING
- The inherited field joins straight, correct, and just.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Etymology: Middle English from Old English rihtExplicitly supplies the English ancestry.
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right
Merriam-Webster first-known-use report for right
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COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES
Recht
GermanGermanic cognate in the right-and-law field
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GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL CLAIMS
JOURNEY STAGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
stage 3supports
England
Supplies the inherited English route.
Etymology: Middle English from Old English riht · regionalstage 4supports
Global English
Supplies the semantic range and temporal horizon.
Definitions and First Known Use · global070
NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
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WORD-FAMILY REUSE
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