Etymology of the English word retrorse
the English word
retrorsederived from the Latin word
retrorsusderived from the Latin word
retroderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*re-derived from the Latin word
retroversusderived from the Latin word
versus (line, verse; furrow)
derived from the Latin word
vertere (to turn; turn, turn around; change)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wer-using the New Latin prefix
retro-Date
The earliest known usage of retrorse in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
