dextrotatory etymology

English word dextrotatory comes from English rotatory, English dextro-

Detailed word origin of dextrotatory

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
rotatory English (eng) (obsolete) alternate or successive. Of, pertaining to, or causing rotation.
dextro- English (eng) (chemistry) Denoting a dextrorotatory form of an enantiomer.. Right; on the right; toward the right.
dextrotatory English (eng) Dextrorotatory.

Words with the same origin as dextrotatory

Descendants of dextro-
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