Etymology

ambidexter

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Today it means: Someone who is ambidextrous. Full definition →

Medieval Latin ambidexter ← Latin ambi-
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromambi-
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromambidexter
  3. English todayambidexter

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ambidexter, from Latin ambi- + dexter.

Words from the same roots

Latinambi- all →

ambivalentambivalenceambidexterity

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.