Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square214linkfedilinkarrow-up1230
arrow-up1230message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square214linkfedilink
minus-squareFurbag@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 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!