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Where does “Whedonverse” come from?

Whedonverse (English) comes from English verse, from Middle English vers, from Old English fers, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

Ancestry of “Whedonverse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishverseA poetic form with regular meter and a fixed...
2Middle EnglishversA line or passage of a text or work; A larger...
3Old Englishfersverse; sentence, title
4Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
5Latinvertō—
6Proto-Italicwertō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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