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Where does “aquert” come from?

aquert (English) comes from English vertisol, from Latin vertere, from Latin verto, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

aquert (English): An aquic vertisol

Definitions

  1. An aquic vertisol

Ancestry of “aquert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvertisolA clay soil, containing a high content of...
2Latinvertereinflection of vertō: ## third-person plural...
3LatinvertoI turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse
4Proto-Italicwertō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “aquert”

  • epiaquert
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