Where does “controversie” come from?
controversie (Italian) comes from Italian controversia, from Latin contrōversia, from Latin contrōversus, 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.
controversie (Italian): plural of controversia
Ancestry of “controversie”, step by step