Where does “retro” come from?
Retro comes from French rétro, from Latin retro meaning backward, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer- meaning to turn.
retro (English): Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the...
Definitions
- Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the...
Ancestry of “retro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | rétro | shortening of rétroviseur, mirror; retro |
| 2 | French | rétroviseur | rear-view mirror |
| 3 | French | rétro- | retro-, back, behind |
| 4 | Latin | retrō | — |
| 5 | Latin | dūcere | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | doukō | lead |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | déwketi | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |
Words derived from “retro”