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Where does “sovversivismo” come from?

sovversivismo (Italian) comes from Italian sovversivo, from Latin subversus, from Latin subverto, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

sovversivismo (Italian): subversivism

Definitions

  1. subversivism

Ancestry of “sovversivismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansovversivosubversive
2Latinsubversusoverturned, upset, overthrown; destroyed,...
3LatinsubvertoI overturn, upset, overthrow; I destroy, subvert
4Latinvertō—
5Proto-Italicwertō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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