sinestro

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sinister, sinistrum, through a Vulgar Latin form *sinexter, sinextrum, from contamination with dexter (whence Italian destro)[1]. Compare also Portuguese sestro, Spanish siniestro, Old French senestre, Old Catalan sinestre.

Adjective

sinestro (feminine singular ma, masculine plural mi, feminine plural me)

  1. (archaic, regional, northern Italy) Alternative form of sinistro left, left-hand

References
  1. http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/sinestro
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