Recto Definition

rĕktō
rectos
noun
rectos
Any right-hand page of a book.
Webster's New World
The front side of a leaf.
Webster's New World

(law) A writ of right.

Wiktionary
Antonyms:
affix
Rectum, rectum and.
Rectocele.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Recto

Noun

Singular:
recto
Plural:
rectos

Origin of Recto

  • From Latin rÄ“ctō foliō (“on the right leaf, on the right page"), the ablative of the Latin rÄ“ctus (“right"). Confer versus (“turned").

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin (foliō) rēctō (the leaf) being right ablative of rēctus straight, right reg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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