adroit

Borrowed from French adroit, itself a fusion of à ("to, toward," from Latin ad) and droit ("right," from Late Latin drictus, a worn-down form of Latin dīrēctus, "laid straight").

The phrase à droit literally meant "to the right" or "in a straight direction," and French folded it into a single word describing someone who moves or acts skillfully — as if naturally aimed the correct way.

It shares its deepest root with dīrēctus, the Latin ancestor behind English "direct," both tracing back to regō, "to guide or steer."