Hypertext Webster Gateway: "retro"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Retro- \Retro-\ [L. retro, adv., backward, back. Cf. {Re}-.]
A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as,
retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

retro
adj : affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an
ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay" [syn: {ex post facto},
{retroactive}]
n : a fashion reminiscent of the past


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