Where does “perverb” come from?

perverb (English) comes from English perverse, from Old French pervers, from Latin perversum, from Latin pervertere, from Latin vertere, from Latin verto, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

perverb (English): A statement humorously constructed by merging together two proverbs

Definitions

  1. A statement humorously constructed by merging together two proverbs

Ancestry of “perverb”, step by step

perverb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English perverse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishperverseTurned aside; hence, specifically, turned away...
2Old Frenchpervers
3Latinperversumnominative neuter singular of perversus;...
4Latinperverterethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinvertereinflection of vertō: ## third-person plural...
6LatinvertoI turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse
7Proto-Italicwertōto turn
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via English proverb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishproverbA phrase expressing a basic truth which may be...
2Old Frenchproverbe
3Latinprōverbiumproverb, saying, saw, maxim, adage
4Frenchproverbeproverb, saying
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-