English
left-handed
Left-handed comes from Middle English left handyd.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500left handyd
- Englishearliest quotation 1824left-handed
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500left handyd
- Englishearliest quotation 1824left-handed
Earliest quotation: 1824, Walter Savage Landor, Aeschines and Phocion: “The commendations of this people are not always […]left-handed…”
Every English word from Middle English left handyd
Today it means
adj Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English left handyd / left-handed