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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perverse | Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away... |
| 2 | Old French | pervers | — |
| 3 | Latin | perversum | nominative neuter singular of perversus;... |
| 4 | Latin | pervertere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 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 |
via English proverb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proverb | A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be... |
| 2 | Old French | proverbe | — |
| 3 | Latin | prōverbium | proverb, saying, saw, maxim, adage |
| 4 | French | proverbe | proverb, saying |