Etymology

destreza

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Today it means: A Spanish type of fencing (duelling sport). Full definition →

Spanish destreza ← Old Spanish diestro ← Latin dextrum
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*déḱs
  2. Proto-Indo-European*deḱs-terós
  3. Proto-Italic*deksteros
  4. Latindextrum
  5. Old Spanishdiestro
  6. Spanishdiestro
  7. Spanishdestreza
  8. English todaydestreza

Borrowed from Spanish destreza.

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