Where does “invers” come from?
invers (Romanian) comes from French inverse, from Latin inversus, from Latin inverto, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
invers (Romanian): backwards, the other way around
Definitions
- backwards, the other way around
Ancestry of “invers”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | inverse | inverse, the other way round; the inverse, the... |
| 2 | Latin | inversus | inverted, upset, turned upside down |
| 3 | Latin | inverto | I turn upside-down, over or around, invert,... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |