Where does “inverse” come from?

inverse (Latin) comes from Latin inversus, from Latin inverto, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

inverse (Latin): vocative masculine singular of inversus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of inversus

Ancestry of “inverse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininversusinverted, upset, turned upside down
2LatininvertoI turn upside-down, over or around, invert,...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →