Where does “vertō” come from?

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

vertō (Latin): to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve

Definitions

  1. to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve

Ancestry of “vertō”, step by step

vertō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic wertō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicwertōto turn
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Proto-Indo-European wēr-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true

Words derived from “vertō”

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