Where does “universitei” come from?
universitei (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin universitas, from Latin ūniversitās, from Latin ūniversus, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
universitei (Old French): university
Ancestry of “universitei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | universitas | group of teachers and students; university;... |
| 2 | Latin | ūniversitās | — |
| 3 | Latin | ūniversus | — |
| 4 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 5 | Latin | vertō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wertō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
Words derived from “universitei”