recto

Spanish

adj
Definitions
  • straight (of a line, pipe, street, etc, never about sexuality.)
  • honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just, fair
  • literal (of a meaning)
  • (geometry) right (of an angle, etc)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rectus (right, straight) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (right, straightened, having moved in a straight line).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₃reǵtós

Gloss

right, straightened, having moved in a straight line

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