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Where does “pervertendus” come from?

pervertendus (Latin) comes from Latin perverto, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

pervertendus (Latin): which is to be overthrown

Definitions

  1. which is to be overthrown

Ancestry of “pervertendus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpervertoI overthrow; I subvert or corrupt
2Latinvertō—
3Proto-Italicwertō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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