Where does “revers” come from?
revers (Czech) comes from German Revers, from French revers, from Old French revers, from Latin reversus, from Latin revertor, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
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Ancestry of “revers”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Revers | lapel; revers |
| 2 | French | revers | reverse side; backhand |
| 3 | Old French | revers | reverse; opposite; contrary; opposite; reverse |
| 4 | Latin | reversus | returned |
| 5 | Latin | revertor | I return; I turn back, turn around |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |