Where does “aversity” come from?
aversity (English) comes from English averse, from Latin aversus, from Latin āvertō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
aversity (English): The state or condition of being averse
Definitions
- The state or condition of being averse
Ancestry of “aversity”, step by step
aversity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English averse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | averse | Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; Turned... |
| 2 | Latin | aversus | turned or facing away; rear; averse |
| 3 | Latin | āvertō | to turn away, turn off, avert; to avoid, divert, deviate |
| 4 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 5 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |