Where does “reverter” come from?

reverter (Portuguese) comes 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.

reverter (Portuguese): to revert

Definitions

  1. to revert

Ancestry of “reverter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinrevertoAlternative form of revertor
2Latinre-back, backwards; again; prefix added to various...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwret-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Latin re- →