widdershins
/ˈwɪ.də.ʃɪnz/ · adv
Meaning
- Anticlockwise, counter-clockwise.
- The wrong way.
Etymology / origin
First use appears c. 1513, from Middle Low German weddersins (also wēder-, -sinnes), from wed(d)der- (“wither-, against, opposite”) + genitive of sin (“direction, way”).
- weddersins(gml)→
- widdershins (English)
- Relations: bor
Related words
Descendant words
- wieder(German) (cog)
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