English
sinistrorsal
Sinistrorsal comes from Latin sinistrorsus ‘towards the left’, and goes back to versus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEversus‘toward’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsinistrorsus‘towards the left’
- Englishtodaysinistrorsal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEversus‘toward’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsinistrorsus‘towards the left’
- Englishtodaysinistrorsal
Linked words
through Latin versus ‘toward’
university, universe, versus, verse, universal, verso, 7 more
Today it means
adj Rising spirally from right to left (of the observer)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin versus / sinistrorsal