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Where does “retrorsely” come from?

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

retrorsely (English): In a retrorse fashion

Definitions

  1. In a retrorse fashion

Ancestry of “retrorsely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishretrorseBent backward or downward
2Latinretrorsus—
3Latinretroversus—
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