correctiveyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[corrective 词源字典]
16c., adjective and noun, from French correctif, from Latin correct-, past participle stem of corrigere (see correct (v.).[corrective etymology, corrective origin, 英语词源]
erectile (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1822, "pertaining to muscular erection," from French érectile, from Latin erect-, past participle stem of erigere "to raise or set up" (see erect (adj.)).
rectangle (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1570s, from Middle French rectangle (16c.) and directly from Late Latin rectangulum, from rect-, comb. form of Latin rectus "right" (see right (adj.1)) + Old French angle (see angle (n.)). Medieval Latin rectangulum meant "a triangle having a right angle."
recto-youdaoicibaDictYouDict
word-forming element meaning "pertaining to or involving the rectum," before vowels rect-, from comb. form of rectum.
rector (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
late 14c. (early 13c. in Anglo-Latin), from Latin rector "ruler, governor, director, guide," from rect-, past participle stem of regere "to rule, guide" (see regal). Used originally of Roman governors and God, by 18c. generally restricted to clergymen and college heads. Related: Rectorship.