Where does “versatil” come from?
versatil (Romanian) comes from French versatile, from Latin versātilis, from Latin versātus, from Latin versō, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
versatil (Romanian): versatile
Definitions
- versatile
Ancestry of “versatil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | versatile | versatile; easily changeable; indecisive |
| 2 | Latin | versātilis | that turns or moves around, revolving, movable |
| 3 | Latin | versātus | turned |
| 4 | Latin | versō | to turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about, turn over |
| 5 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |