Where does “v.” come from?
Versus comes from Latin versus, the past participle of Latin vertere, meaning "to turn," from Proto-Indo-European wer-.
v. (English): version; verb; victim
Definitions
- version; verb; victim
Ancestry of “v.”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 2 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |