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
- Opposite in effect, nature or order; Reverse,...
Ancestry of “inverse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | inversus | inverted, upset, turned upside down |
| 2 | Latin | inverto | I turn upside-down, over or around, invert,... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “inverse”