Where does “controversă” come from?

controversă (Romanian) comes from French controverse, from Middle French controverse, from Old French controversie, from Latin contrōversia, from Latin contrōversus, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

controversă (Romanian): contest

Definitions

  1. contest

Ancestry of “controversă”, step by step

controversă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French controverse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcontroversecontroversy; inflection of controverser: ##...
2Middle Frenchcontroverse
3Old Frenchcontroversie
4Latincontrōversiaa quarrel, dispute, debate
5Latincontrōversuscontroversial, debatable, disputed
6Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
7Latinvertōto turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve
8Proto-Italicwertōto turn
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via French controverser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcontroverserto controvert
2Latincontroversare
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert-Every word from Proto-Italic wertō