Proper right and proper left are terms used to unambiguously convey relative direction when describing an image or other object. Proper comes from a Latin word meaning "one's own"; the "proper right" hand of a figure is the hand that would be regarded by that figure as its own right hand. In a frontal representation, that appears on the left as the viewer sees it, creating the potential for ambiguity if the hand is just described as the "right hand".