Etymology

retro

ret·ro
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Today it means: Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were. Full definition →

French rétro ← Latin retro
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromretro
  2. French · borrowed fromrétro
  3. English todayretro

Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro.

Words from the same roots

Latinretro all →

retro-retroduce

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.