Where does “vortice” come from?

vortice (Italian) comes 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.

vortice (Italian): whirl; vortex

Definitions

  1. whirl; vortex

Ancestry of “vortice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvortexwhirlpool, eddy, vortex
2Latinvortō—
3Proto-Italicwertōto turn
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “vortice”

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