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dress- root words — words with the dress- root

The root dress- comes from Latin directus, meaning straight, right. 24 words in Dendril are built from it, including address, addressed, addresses, addressing, dress, dressed, dresses, dressing, addressee, adroit, adroitly, redress. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the dress- root

Explore words with dress- — words containing the dress- root and sharing its sense of "straight, right". Examples include address, addressed, addresses, addressing, dress, dressed, dresses, dressing, addressee, adroit, adroitly, redress. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does dress- mean?

The dress- root means straight, right, from Latin directus. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.