different between throwback vs retro

English

Etymology

From throw +? back.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????.bæk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???o?.bæk/
• Hyphenation: throw?back

Noun

throwback (plural throwbacks)

1. A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
2. (derogatory) A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.
3. An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
4. An atavism.
5. A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.

See also

• throw back

References

• throwback on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.t?o?/

Adjective

retro (comparative more retro, superlative most retro)

1. Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.
2. Affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto.

Translations

Noun

retro (countable and uncountable, plural retros or retroes)

1. (uncountable) Past fashions or trends.
2. (countable) Abbreviation of retrorocket.
3. (countable) Abbreviation of retrospective.
   • 1983, Sightlines (volumes 16-17, page 44)

     Richard Leacock's 1981 film portrait, Louise Brooks, was shown during a retro of Ms. Brooks's films at the Walker Art Center.

Translations

See also

• (fashion, the past, trend, style): retro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Torre

Interlingua

Adverb

retro (not comparable)

1. back

Italian

Etymology

From Latin retro.

Adverb

retro

1. behind

Noun

retro m (invariable)

1. back, rear, reverse

Anagrams

• terrò
• torre

Latin

Etymology

From re- + *-tr?, probably taken from intr? and other similar adverbs.

Adverb

retr? (not comparable)

1. back, backwards, behind

2. before, formerly

Descendants

• Galician: redor, arredor
• Portuguese: redor
• Spanish: redor

References

• retro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• retro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• retro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• retro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• retro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

Etymology

From French retro.

Adjective

retro m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. retro

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin retro.

Adjective

retro (plural retros)

1. retro