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Where does “versa” come from?

versa (Italian) comes from Italian versare, from French verser, 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.

versa (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...

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  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “versa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianversareto pour, to decant; to empty by inclining a...
2Frenchverserto pour; to pay, to put money into a fund; to...
3Latinversō—
4Latinvertō—
5Proto-Italicwertō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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