Where does “capoverso” come from?
capoverso (Italian) comes from Italian verso, from French vers, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
capoverso (Italian): incipit; indent; paragraph
Definitions
- incipit; indent; paragraph
Ancestry of “capoverso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | verso | verse; song; cackle |
| 2 | French | vers | towards; to; around, circa |
| 3 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 4 | Latin | vertō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wertō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |