Where does “convert” come from?

Convert comes from Old French convertir, from Latin convertere, meaning to turn around, derived from vertere (to turn) combined with cum or com (with).

convert (English): To transform or change into another form,...

Definitions

  1. To transform or change into another form,...

Ancestry of “convert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishconvertento change, transform
2Old Frenchconvertirto convert
3Latinconvertōto turn upside-down; to invert
4Proto-Italickomwertōto turn back

Words derived from “convert”

Every word from Proto-Italic komwertō →Every word from Latin convertō →Every word from Old French convertir →