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From ambi- + sinister, literally “both sides left-handed”, by analogy with ambidextrous (literally “both sides right-handed”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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From ambi- + sinister, literally “both sides left-handed”, by analogy with ambidextrous (literally “both sides right-handed”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.