Where does “terga verto” come from?
terga verto (Latin) comes from Latin terga, from Latin tergum, from Latin tergus, from Proto-Indo-European tragʰ- — to draw, drag.
terga verto (Latin): to flee
Ancestry of “terga verto”, step by step
terga verto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin terga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | terga | nominative plural of tergum; accusative plural of... |
| 2 | Latin | tergum | back, rear; surface |
| 3 | Latin | tergus | back, rear; hide, skin |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tragʰ- | to draw, drag |
via Latin vertō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |