Where does “nonrevertible” come from?
nonrevertible (English) comes from English revertible, from French revertible, from Late Latin revertibilis, from Latin revertere, from Latin vertere, from Latin verto, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
nonrevertible (English): Not revertible
Definitions
- Not revertible
Ancestry of “nonrevertible”, step by step
nonrevertible traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English revertible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | revertible | Able to be reverted |
| 2 | French | revertible | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | revertibilis | — |
| 4 | Latin | revertere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | vertere | inflection of vertō: ## third-person plural... |
| 6 | Latin | verto | I turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |