Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square214linkfedilinkarrow-up1231arrow-down12
arrow-up1229arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square214linkfedilink
minus-squareFurbag@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoI learned a while ago that the opposite of ambidextrous is ambisinister. The “left” origin of the word sinister gives a bit more context, as if describing someone who had two left hands!
I learned a while ago that the opposite of ambidextrous is ambisinister. The “left” origin of the word sinister gives a bit more context, as if describing someone who had two left hands!