Where does “vorticare” come from?

vorticare (Italian) comes from Italian vortice, from Latin vortex, from Latin vortō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

vorticare (Italian): to whirl or swirl

Definitions

  1. to whirl or swirl

Ancestry of “vorticare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvorticewhirl; vortex
2Latinvortexwhirlpool, eddy, vortex
3Latinvortō—
4Proto-Italicwertōto turn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →