Where does “aversatrix” come from?
aversatrix (Latin) comes from Latin aversor, from Latin āvertō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
aversatrix (Latin): apostate (female)
Ancestry of “aversatrix”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | aversor | to turn oneself (from), turn or recoil away (from) |
| 2 | Latin | āvertō | to turn away, turn off, avert; to avoid, divert, deviate |
| 3 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 4 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |