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Where does “rovesciato” come from?

rovesciato (Italian) comes from Italian rovesciare, from Late Latin reversare, from Latin versō, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

rovesciato (Italian): upside-down, upturned, overturned, in reverse;...

Definitions

  1. upside-down, upturned, overturned, in reverse;...

Ancestry of “rovesciato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrovesciareto pour, spill, damp, tip, shower, lay; to turn...
2Late Latinreversarepresent active infinitive of reversō;...
3Latinversō—
4Latinvertō—
5Proto-Italicwertō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “rovesciato”

  • rovesciata
  • rövaşata
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