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Where does “versatile” come from?

versatile (Italian) comes from Latin versātilis, from Latin versātus, 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.

versatile (Italian): versatile; all-round, all around, multiskilled

Definitions

  1. versatile; all-round, all around, multiskilled

Ancestry of “versatile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinversātilis—
2Latinversātus—
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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