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Where does “verge” come from?

verge (Latin) comes from Latin vergo, from Proto-Italic wergō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wérg-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂werg- — to turn.

verge (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “verge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvergoI bend, turn, incline; I bend, turn, verge, slope...
2Proto-Italicwergō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wérg-e-ti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂werg-to turn
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