| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | deks- |
| DEFINITION: | Right (opposite left); hence, south (from the viewpoint of one facing east). Oldest form *de s-, becoming *deks- in centum languages. Suffixed form *deks(i)-tero-. destrier, dexter, dexterity, dextro-; ambidextrous, from Latin dexter, right, on the right side. (In Pokorny 1. de- 189.) Compare ner-1. |
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