Where does “revertively” come from?
revertively (English) comes from English revertive, from English revert, from Old French revertir, from Latin revertiō, from Latin reverto, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret-, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
revertively (English): By way of reversion
Definitions
- By way of reversion
Ancestry of “revertively”, step by step
revertively traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English revertive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | revertive | Reverting, or tending to revert; returning |
| 2 | English | revert | One who, or that which, reverts; One who reverts... |
| 3 | Old French | revertir | to return |
| 4 | Latin | revertiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | reverto | Alternative form of revertor |
| 6 | Latin | re- | back, backwards; again; prefix added to various... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wret- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |