Words that come from Proto-Italic “worssos”

400 words across 37 languages descend from Proto-Italic worssos — including v., universal, university, universe, versus, verse, controversy, verses.

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English (163)

Latin (59)

Italian (50)

French (34)

Hungarian (17)

Esperanto (9)

Catalan (8)

Dutch (6)

Russian (6)

Swedish (5)

Danish (4)

Ido (3)

Turkish (3)

Cebuano (3)

Interlingua (2)

Czech (2)

Aromanian (2)

Albanian (2)

Irish (2)

Welsh (2)

Galician (2)

Middle French (1)

Gallo (1)

Maltese (1)

Faroese (1)

Tatar (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Slovak (1)

Aragonese (1)

Hiligaynon (1)

Japanese (1)

Mirandese (1)

Yiddish (1)

Greenlandic (1)

Indonesian (1)