Where does “antrorsely” come from?
antrorsely (English) comes from English antrorse, from Latin antrorsum, from Latin versum, from Latin verto, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
antrorsely (English): In an antrorse fashion
Definitions
- In an antrorse fashion
Ancestry of “antrorsely”, step by step
antrorsely traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English antrorse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | antrorse | curved forward and upward |
| 2 | Latin | antrorsum | — |
| 3 | Latin | versum | supine of vertō; supine of verrō; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | verto | I turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse |
| 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 |