Where does “adverse” come from?
Adverse comes from Old French avers, from Latin adversus meaning "turned against," derived from Latin advertere meaning "to turn toward," combining Latin ad- meaning "to" with the root wer- meaning "to turn."
adverse (English): Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect;...
Definitions
- Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect;...
Ancestry of “adverse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | avers | — |
| 2 | Latin | adversus | set opposite, adverse, having been set against;... |
| 3 | Latin | advertō | to turn to or towards |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |