Where does “inversion” come from?

inversion (English) comes from Latin inversio, from Latin inversus, from Latin inverto, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

inversion (English): The action of inverting; Being upside down, in an...

Definitions

  1. The action of inverting; Being upside down, in an...

Ancestry of “inversion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininversioinversion
2Latininversusinverted, upset, turned upside down
3LatininvertoI turn upside-down, over or around, invert,...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inversion”

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