Word Origin Summary

Ambidexter is attested in Medieval Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• ambidextru

  Romanian · borrowed from

• ambidextre

  French · borrowed from

• ambidiestro

  Spanish · borrowed from

• ambidextre

  Catalan · borrowed from

• ambidestro

  Portuguese · borrowed from

• ambidextro

  Spanish · borrowed from

• ambidestro

  Italian · borrowed from

• ambidexter

  English · borrowed from

What You Can Explore

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• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root