verso

Meaning

Noun

• The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;
• The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number.

Related

Similar words

• back, flipside, backside, reverse

Opposite words

• recto, obverse

Origin

• From Latin in versō foliō ("on the turned leaf, on the turned page"), the ablative case of the Latin versus from the perfect passive participle of vertō. Compare rēctus.