Left-handed curiosity

Left hander, a word derived from Latin “manus”, which means hand, and the suffix “cus”, bearer of physical problems, weak person, imperfect person and gammy. Left-hander is synonymous of diversity, unfortunate condition, even, according to Jewish and Christian tradition the result of the malignant influence on individuals. The Muslims don’t eat or wash by the "impure" hand: the left. The sun rises in the east (right) and sets in the west (left). In Greek theater, the bad characters and the messengers of bad news entered by the left side of the stage; the Romans invented the greeting with the right, as a demonstration of confidence offering his hand not armed.
Various ways to say:
- “sinister” originlly meant “left” but took the meanings of “evil” or “unlucky” by the classical Latin word.
- Sinistra in italian has the meaning of sinister an left
- Siniestra has the meaning of left (less common) and it’s usually expressed "bu izquierda", a basque world; another manner is: "No ser Zurdo" in Spanish means to be intelligent and / or not to be left-handed
- "Gauche" in french means clumsy
- "Links" in German also has the meaning of awkward
- The duch expression “twee linkerhanden hebben” and the bulgarian”dve levi ratse” (to have 2 left hands) both means clumsy.
- "Canhoto" in portuguese is synonimous of devil and canhestro, means clumsy.
- "Skaios" in greek means devastating, ill-omened.