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Where does “retrorse” come from?

retrorse (English) comes from Latin retrorsus, from Latin retroversus.

retrorse (English): Bent backward or downward

Definitions

  1. Bent backward or downward

Ancestry of “retrorse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinretrorsus—
2Latinretroversus—

Words derived from “retrorse”

  • retrorsely
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