Where does “revertir” come from?
revertir (Middle French) comes from Old French revertir, from Latin revertiō, from Latin reverto, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret-, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
revertir (Middle French): to return
Definitions
- to return
Ancestry of “revertir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | revertir | to return |
| 2 | Latin | revertiō | — |
| 3 | Latin | reverto | Alternative form of revertor |
| 4 | Latin | re- | back, backwards; again; prefix added to various... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wret- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |