Where does “pervers” come from?
pervers (Dutch) comes from French pervers, from Latin perversus, from Latin perverto, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
pervers (Dutch): perverse
Definitions
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Ancestry of “pervers”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pervers | perverse; sexually perverted, raunchy; a lecher |
| 2 | Latin | perversus | overthrown; subverted, corrupted |
| 3 | Latin | perverto | I overthrow; I subvert or corrupt |
| 4 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |