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It is [[inh|fro|drecier]], [[inh|la-vul|*dīrēctiō|t=to straighten, set upright]],^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|3, 83b)^(Wiktionary) derived from [[m|la|dīrēctus|t=straight]] (see [[direct]] and [[droit]]).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The same Latin verb gave [[it|drizzare]], [[m|it|dirizzare]] and [[osp|derezar|t=to direct]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Littré 1873)
− The double ⟨s⟩ continues an Old French ⟨c⟩, as in [[caresser]], and its pronunciation long hesitated between a mute ⟨e⟩ and a full vowel before it.^(TLFi) Bloch and Wartburg note a former sense “to dress”, kept in [[en|dress]], Littré records it in Berry and Normandy dialects.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Littré 1873)
+ The double ⟨s⟩ continues an Old French ⟨c⟩, as in [[caresser]], and its pronunciation long hesitated between a mute ⟨e⟩ and a full vowel before it.^(TLFi) Bloch and Wartburg note a former sense “to dress”, kept in [[en|dress]];^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Littré 1873) Littré records it in Berry and Normandy dialects.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Littré 1873)
==Earliest recorded meaning==