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- Latin · derived fromin utrumque partes“literally 'into both sides, arguments for either part'”
- English todayin utrumque partes
From Latin in utrumque partes (“literally 'into both sides, arguments for either part'”). From in + utrumque (accusative of uterque (“both”)) + partes (accusative plural of pars (“part, side”)). The phrase originates in rhetorical practice of arguing for and as a proponent against a proposition.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.