Where does “universal” come from?
Universal comes from Middle English universal, from Old French universal, from Latin universalis, formed from versus meaning "turned" and the suffix -alis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer-.
universal (English): Of or pertaining to the universe; Common to all...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to the universe; Common to all...
Ancestry of “universal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | universal | all-encompassing, subject to everything and... |
| 2 | Old French | universal | universal |
| 3 | Latin | universalis | universal; general |
| 4 | Latin | ūniversus | whole, entire, taken collectively or altogether |
| 5 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 6 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 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 |
Words derived from “universal”
- universalism
- universalist
- universalistic
- universalization
- universalize
- versal
- universalisation
- universalise
- nonuniversal
- versality
- varsal
- universalness
- antiuniversalism
- Universalian
- antiuniversalist
- nonuniversalist
- nonuniversalistic
- superuniversal
- interuniversal
- universala
- universal grinder
- ユニバーサル
- universal packager
- universal sorter