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Where does “vertible” come from?

vertible (English) comes from Old French vertible, from Latin vertibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

vertible (English): Able to turn or to be turned; changeable

Definitions

  1. Able to turn or to be turned; changeable

Ancestry of “vertible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvertiblechangeable; able to be changed
2Latinvertibilischangeable, variable, †vertible
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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