Where does “convertir” come from?

convertir (Middle French) comes from Old French convertir, from Latin convertō, from Proto-Italic komwertō — to turn back.

Ancestry of “convertir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchconvertirto convert
2Latinconvertōto turn upside-down; to invert
3Proto-Italickomwertōto turn back

Words derived from “convertir”

Every word from Proto-Italic komwertō →Every word from Latin convertō →Every word from Old French convertir →