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Where does “Potterverse” come from?

Potterverse (English) comes from English -verse, from English Universe, from Middle English universe, from Old French univers, from Latin ūniversum, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

Ancestry of “Potterverse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-verseForming compound nouns denoting the whole range...
2EnglishUniverse—
3Middle EnglishuniverseThe universe; the stars
4Old Frenchuniversthe whole world; the whole Earth; universal;...
5Latinūniversum—
6Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
7Latinvertō—
8Proto-Italicwertō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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