destre
Catalan
adj
Definitions
- right; opposite of left
- right, right-handed
- dexterous
- the left side of a shield from the point of view of the viewer
Etymology
Inherited from Latin dextrum, dexter inherited from Proto-Italic *deksteros derived from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs(i)-tero-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*deḱs(i)-tero-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dexter Latin
- dextrum Latin
- dextrum, dexter Latin
- addestrare Italian
- centrodestro Italian
- destramente Italian
- destreggiare Italian
- destrezza Italian
- destro Italian
- maldestro Italian
- adiestrar Spanish, Castilian
- destreza Spanish, Castilian
- destrísimo Spanish, Castilian
- diestramente Spanish, Castilian
- diestro Spanish, Castilian
- *deḱs(i)-tero- Proto-Indo-European
- *deḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- adestrar Portuguese
- destreza Portuguese
- destro Portuguese
- destre Old French
- dekstra Esperanto
- destrer Catalan, Valencian
- destresa Catalan, Valencian
- maldestre Catalan, Valencian
- destro Old Portuguese
- *deksteros Proto-Italic
- diestri Friulian
- diastro Dalmatian
- destre Tarantino