English
right-hand
Of, relating to, or located on the right.
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Origin
From Middle English ryghte-hande, from Old English rihthand (“right-hand”), equivalent to right + hand.
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- inheritedMiddle Englishryghte-hande
- inheritedOld Englishrihthand “right-hand”
- surface analysisEnglishright “Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side o…”
- surface analysisEnglishhand “The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in humans and other primates, and the correspon…”