Address

Morpheme

Address

Type

free base

Denotation

straighten, point in the right direction, correct

Etymology

Middle English adressen; Old French adrecier; Vulgar Latin *addīrēctiāre, from ad- + *dīrēctiāre; Latin dīrēctus, from dīrigere, from dis- + regere

Evidence

address, addressability, addressable, addressably, addressal, addressation, addressed, addressedness, addressee, addresser, addresses, addressful, addressible, addressing, addressive, addressless, addressment, addressograph, addressor, coaddressee, maladdress, microaddress, misaddress, multiaddress, nonaddressable, nonaddressed, overaddress, preaddress, preaddressed, readdress, readdressable, subaddress, unaddress, unaddressable, unaddressed

See Also

ad-, dis-, Rege