Where does “versio” come from?
versio (Esperanto) comes from Medieval Latin versio, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
versio (Esperanto): version
Ancestry of “versio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | versio | a turning |
| 2 | Latin | vertō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | wertō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
Words derived from “versio”