Where does “vortico” come from?

vortico (Ido) comes from Latin vortex, from Latin vortō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

vortico (Ido): whirling, vortex

Definitions

  1. whirling, vortex

Ancestry of “vortico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvortexwhirlpool, eddy, vortex
2Latinvortō—
3Proto-Italicwertōto turn
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “vortico”

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