Straight

Morpheme

Straight

Type

free base

Denotation

direct, undeviating, honest, not crooked, not bent, not curved, stretched out

Etymology

Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, from strecchen; Old English ġestreaht, ġestreht, from streċċan

Evidence

straight, straightaway, straightedge, straighten, straightened, straightener, straightening, straightens, straighter, straightest, straightfolk, straightforward, straightly, straightness, straights, straightwash, straightway, superstraight

Notes

<igh> etymological marker

Doublet

Straught

See Also

Straught, Stretch