myEtymology.com: English etymology of undressed

Etymology of the English word undressed

the English word undressed

derived from the English word dress

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-

derived from the English word un-

using the English suffix -ed

Usage

Word found in Modern English