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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | verse | A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed... |
| 2 | Middle English | vers | A line or passage of a text or work; A larger... |
| 3 | Old English | fers | verse; sentence, title |
| 4 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 5 | Latin | vertō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wertō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |