Etymology Explorer › French

Where does “verseur” come from?

verseur (French) comes from French verser, from Latin versō, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

verseur (French): pourer; payer; pouring

Definitions

  1. pourer; payer; pouring

Ancestry of “verseur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchverserto pour; to pay, to put money into a fund; to...
2Latinversō—
3Latinvertō—
4Proto-Italicwertō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →