recto

(rek′tō)

noun pl. rectos

Origin: < ModL (folio) recto, on the right side of (a leaf) < L, abl. of rectus: see recti-

rectum, rectum and: rectocele

also, before a vowel, rect-

Origin: < L rectum: see rectum

See recto in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. rec·tos

A right-hand page of a book or the front side of a leaf, on the other side of the verso.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin (foliō) rēctō, (the leaf) being right

Origin: , ablative of rēctus, straight, right; see reg- in Indo-European roots

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