Where does “perverso” come from?
perverso (Italian) comes from Latin perversus, from Latin perverto, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
perverso (Italian): perverted; perverse; wicked
Definitions
- perverted; perverse; wicked
Ancestry of “perverso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | perversus | overthrown; subverted, corrupted |
| 2 | Latin | perverto | I overthrow; I subvert or corrupt |
| 3 | Latin | vertō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wertō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |