Where does “versification” come from?
Versification comes from English verse, from Latin versus meaning "a line of writing," from Latin vertere meaning "to turn," from Proto-Indo-European wer- meaning "to turn."
versification (English): The act, art, or practice of composing poetic...
Definitions
- The act, art, or practice of composing poetic...
Ancestry of “versification”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | verse | A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed... |
| 2 | Middle English | vers | A line or passage of a text or work; A larger... |
| 3 | Old English | fers | verse; sentence, title |
| 4 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 5 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |