myEtymology.com: English etymology of dressage

Etymology of the English word dressage

the English word dressage

derived from the French word dressage

derived from the French word dresser

derived from the Old French word drecier

derived from the Latin root *directiare

derived from the Latin word directus (person given rights by direct procedure; steep; level; open; straight, not curved; moving straight forward; vertical, upright, perpendicular)

derived from the Latin word dirigere (arrange, set in line, direction; direct , turn; mark, fix; demarcate; point; direct)

derived from the New Latin word di-

derived from the Greek word di-, δι-, δί-

derived from the Greek word dis, δίς (double; twice)

derived from the Latin word rigere (be stiff or numb; stand on end; be solidified)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *reig-

Usage

Word found in Modern English