Where does “verso” come from?

verso (Italian) comes from French vers, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

verso (Italian): verse; song; cackle

Definitions

  1. verse; song; cackle

Ancestry of “verso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchverstowards; to; around, circa
2Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
3Latinvertōto turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve
4Proto-Italicwertōto turn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “verso

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-