Where does “vórtice” come from?

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

vórtice (Portuguese): vortex

Definitions

  1. vortex

Ancestry of “vórtice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvortexwhirlpool, eddy, vortex
2Latinvortō
3Proto-Italicwertōto turn
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “vórtice

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-