ambilevous

The story

1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromἀμφαρίστερος“with two left hands, awkward, clumsy”
2. Latin · learned borrowing fromambilaevus
3. English todayambilevous

First attested in English in 1646: from Latin ambilaevus (ambi- (“both”) + laevus (“left”)), a calque of Ancient Greek ἀμφαρίστερος (ampharísteros, “with two left hands, awkward, clumsy”) from ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides”) + ἀριστερός (aristerós, “left”).