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Where does “versificator” come from?

versificator (English) comes from Latin versificator, from Latin versifico, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

versificator (English): Someone who writes verse; a poet

Definitions

  1. Someone who writes verse; a poet

Ancestry of “versificator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinversificatora versifier; a poet; second-person singular...
2LatinversificoI put into verse, versify
3Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
4Latinvertō—
5Proto-Italicwertō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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