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Where does “vorsus” come from?

vorsus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic worssos.

vorsus (Latin): turned

Definitions

  1. turned

Ancestry of “vorsus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicworssos—

Words derived from “vorsus”

  • v.
  • universal
  • university
  • universe
  • versus
  • verse
  • controversy
  • verses
  • prose
  • controversial
  • universally
  • arouse
  • arousal
  • traverse
  • rouse
  • versatile
  • traversing
  • rousing
  • prosaic
  • ruse
  • versatility
  • universalism
  • versification
  • universalist
Every word from Proto-Italic worssos →