Where does “introvertere” come from?

introvertere (Latin) comes from Latin vertere, from Latin verto, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

introvertere (Latin): to turn within

Definitions

  1. to turn within

Ancestry of “introvertere”, step by step

introvertere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin vertere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvertereinflection of vertō: ## third-person plural...
2LatinvertoI turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse
3Proto-Italicwertōto turn
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Latin intrō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinintrōto enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate
2Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
3Latininterus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
5Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “introvertere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Italic wertō →