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Where does “perversement” come from?

perversement (French) comes from French pervers, from Latin perversus, from Latin perverto, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

perversement (French): perversely; in a perverted fashion

Definitions

  1. perversely; in a perverted fashion

Ancestry of “perversement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchperversperverse; sexually perverted, raunchy; a lecher
2Latinperversusoverthrown; subverted, corrupted
3LatinpervertoI overthrow; I subvert or corrupt
4Latinvertō—
5Proto-Italicwertō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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