Where does “tergiversare” come from?
tergiversare (Romanian) comes from Romanian tergiversa, from French tergiverser, from Latin tergiversārī, from Latin tergiversor, from Latin versor, from Latin versō, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
tergiversare (Romanian): delay
Definitions
- delay
Ancestry of “tergiversare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | tergiversa | to procrastinate |
| 2 | French | tergiverser | to delay answering or deciding with excuses; to... |
| 3 | Latin | tergiversārī | — |
| 4 | Latin | tergiversor | I turn my back and am reluctant; I evade |
| 5 | Latin | versor | I turn myself around; I move around; I dwell,... |
| 6 | Latin | versō | to turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about, turn over |
| 7 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |