Where does “vortex” come from?

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

vortex (Latin): whirlpool, eddy, vortex

Definitions

  1. whirlpool, eddy, vortex

Ancestry of “vortex”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvortō—
2Proto-Italicwertōto turn
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “vortex”

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