Where does “ad retro” come from?
ad retro (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
ad retro (Vulgar Latin): to the rear
Ancestry of “ad retro”, step by step
ad retro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Ad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 2 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Latin retrō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | retrō | back, backwards, behind |
| 2 | Latin | dūcere | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | doukō | lead |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | déwketi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |
Words derived from “ad retro”