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
Words derived from “retro”
- retroperitoneum
- retropubic
- retrobulbar
- retrosternal
- retromolar
- retrosplenial
- retroauricular
- retromandibular
- retrolental
- retrocecal
- retrohepatic
- retrocaval
- retroreflector
- retropatellar
- retroreflective
- retrosynthetic
- retroposition
- retrolingual
- retrorectal
- retroorbital
- retrocardiac
- retromalleolar
- retroarticular
- retrosynthesis