de retro

Latin

Etymology

From dē +‎ retrō. First attested in the Vetus Itala.[1]

Pronunciation

(Proto-Romance) IPA^(key): /deˈrɛtro/

Adverb

dē retrō (not comparable) (Late Latin)

from behind

Derived terms

*dēretrānus
*dēretrārius

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- ⇒ Romanian: îndărăt
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: dietro ⇒ indietro
  (regional or obsolete) dreto, drieto, dereto, → deretro
- Sassarese: dareddu
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: deriere, derere, darere, derriere
  - French: derrière
North Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Emilian: dedré, dadré, addré, dré
  - Ligurian: derê
  - Lombard: dedré, dadré, adré
  - Piedmontese: dré, daré
  - Romagnol: drì, addrì, drìa
- Istriot: dreîo
- Venetian: drio
Occitano-Romance:
- Aragonese:
  Benasqués: derré, redé
- Catalan: darrere, radere, raere
- Old Occitan: dereire, dareire
  - Auvergnat: darrèir
  - Gascon: darrèr, darrèir
  - Languedocien: darrèr, darrièr
  - Limousin: darrier, darrer
  - Provençal: darrier

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “de rĕtro”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 49

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