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Where does “vertere” come from?

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

vertere (Latin): inflection of vertō: ## third-person plural...

Definitions

  1. inflection of vertō: ## third-person plural...

Ancestry of “vertere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvertoI turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse
2Proto-Italicwertō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “vertere”

  • v.
  • universal
  • university
  • universe
  • versus
  • verse
  • vertical
  • controversy
  • divorce
  • adverse
  • verses
  • convert
  • prose
  • controversial
  • universally
  • adversary
  • inverse
  • converting
  • diversion
  • vertically
  • arouse
  • arousal
  • vertex
  • adversity
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