Where does “versify” come from?
versify (English) comes from Middle English versifien, from Old French versifier, from Latin versificāre, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
versify (English): to make or compose verses; to tell in verse; deal...
Definitions
- to make or compose verses; to tell in verse; deal...
Ancestry of “versify”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | versifien | To versify; to make poetry; To tell in verse |
| 2 | Old French | versifier | to versify, to compose verses |
| 3 | Latin | versificāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |