English
self-right
To make oneself upright.
Etymology graph
- inherited
- borrowed
- derived
- parts
- meaning component
- sound component
- related
Click a node to zoom in · double-click to open it
Origin
Back-formation from self-righting, equivalent to self- + right.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lineage
- derivedEnglishself-righting “Able to right itself if overturned.”
- partEnglishrighting “The act of putting something right.”
- prefixEnglishself- “of, by, in or with oneself or itself”
- inheritedMiddle Englishself-
- inheritedOld Englishself-
- inheritedMiddle Englishself-
- surface analysisEnglishright “Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side o…”