Where does “vertebro” come from?
vertebro (Esperanto) comes from French vertèbre, from Latin vertebra, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
vertebro (Esperanto): a vertebra, a chine bone
Ancestry of “vertebro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | vertèbre | vertebra |
| 2 | Latin | vertebra | joint; vertebra |
| 3 | Latin | vertō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wertō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
Words derived from “vertebro”