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Where does “invertire” come from?

invertire (Italian) comes from Romanian inverti, from French invertir, from Latin inverto, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

invertire (Italian): to reverse, invert; to exchange, change

Definitions

  1. to reverse, invert; to exchange, change

Ancestry of “invertire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianinverti—
2Frenchinvertirto invert
3LatininvertoI turn upside-down, over or around, invert,...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “invertire”

  • invertibile
  • invertasi
  • invertibilità
  • invertitore
  • inverto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →