adret

Meaning

Noun

• The sun-facing side of a mountain.

Origin

• Borrowed from French adret or Occitan adret, adré, adrech, adreit, from Old Occitan adreg, adreit, from a (from Latin ad ("to, towards"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ("at; to")) + dreg, dreit (from Latin dīrectus ("direct, straight"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ("to straighten, right oneself; just, right")); compare French adroit.