Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 16 days agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square219linkfedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down11
arrow-up1229arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 16 days agomessage-square219linkfedilink
minus-squareFurbag@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·16 days 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!