Where does “vorticismo” come from?

vorticismo (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.

vorticismo (Italian): vorticism

Definitions

  1. vorticism

Ancestry of “vorticismo”, 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- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Italic wertō →