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Where does “versipel” come from?

versipel (English) comes from English versipellous, 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.

versipel (English): A versipellous object or thing

Definitions

  1. A versipellous object or thing

Ancestry of “versipel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishversipellouschangeable; protean; having a form, nature or...
2Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
3Latinvertō—
4Proto-Italicwertō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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