recto
/ˈɹɛk.toʊ/ noun
Forms rectos
- noun The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
- noun (printing) The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
- noun (law) A writ of right.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rēctō foliō (“on the right leaf, on the right page”), the ablative case of the Latin rēctus (“right”). Compare versus (“turned”).
Webster’s 1913
Etymology [Abbrev. fr. LL. breve de recto. See Right.]
Etymology [Cf. F. recto.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “recto”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details