Is Left Wrong?

Many cultures would historically look at people who were left handed as being wrong or against the norm. In the Latin culture, the word sinistera originally meant "left" but eventually took on the meaning "evil" or "unlucky". This is where the word sinister in our language comes from. To go further behind this Latin word sinistera, it actually came from the word sinus or "pocket". When togas were still being worn, there was often one pocket on the left handed side. This would allow for the left hand to be useless and rest in the pocket while the right hand was associated with skill. This began the idea that right handed people were more skilled while the left hand was more useless. In the image of the woman wearing a toga, it is seen that her left hand is covered in the cloth while the right hand is available for any skills she needed to perform.