Where does “inverse” come from?

Inverse comes from Latin inversus, the past participle of invertere meaning to turn inside out, from vertere meaning to turn, combined with the prefix in- meaning in.

inverse (English): Opposite in effect, nature or order; Reverse,...

Definitions

  1. Opposite in effect, nature or order; Reverse,...

Ancestry of “inverse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininversusinverted, upset, turned upside down
2LatininvertoI turn upside-down, over or around, invert,...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inverse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →