OriginFrom Proto-Italic *wretrō, from a formation of re- (“back, reverse”) probably modeled after intrō and other similar adverbs.
- not-comparableback, backwards, behind
“Vāde retrō, Satanā!” — Get thee behind me, Satan!
“… sistere aquam fluviīs, et vertere sīdera retrō, / nocturnōsque movet mānīs ….” — “[The enchantress claims that she is able] to halt the water [current] in rivers, and to turn stars backwards, and evoke nocturnal souls of the dead ….”
- not-comparablebefore, formerly
Formsretrō(canonical)