The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix I
Indo-European Roots
ENTRY:
deks-
DEFINITION:
Right (opposite left); hence, south (from the viewpoint of one facing east). Oldest form *des-, becoming *deks- in centum languages. Suffixed form *deks(i)-tero-.destrier, dexter, dexterity, dextro-; ambidextrous, from Latin dexter, right, on the right side. (In Pokorny 1. de- 189.) Compare ner-1.
s-, becoming *deks- in centum languages. Suffixed form *deks(i)-tero-. destrier, dexter, dexterity, dextro-; ambidextrous, from Latin dexter, right, on the right side. (In Pokorny 1. de
