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Where does “subverter” come from?

subverter (Portuguese) comes from Latin subverto, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

subverter (Portuguese): to :subvert

Definitions

  1. to :subvert

Ancestry of “subverter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsubvertoI overturn, upset, overthrow; I destroy, subvert
2Latinvertō—
3Proto-Italicwertō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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