Arrect
/əˈrɛkt/noun
Raised, stiffened, or standing upright; in older usage, alert or attentive.
Did you know?In older English, *arrect* could describe something literally set upright or a person mentally “erect” and alert, from Latin *arrectus*, the past participle of *arrigere*—to raise up.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*reg-
“to move in a straight line; to direct, guide, or rule”
Latin
Latin
regere
“to keep straight, guide, rule”
Latin
Latin
arrigere
“to raise up, lift, make stiff or erect”
Latin
Latin
arrectus
“raised up, set upright; alert”
Middle English
English
arrect
“upright, raised, or mentally alert”