Where does “verso” come from?
verso (Romanian) comes from Italian verso, from French vers, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
verso (Romanian): verso, back
Definitions
- verso, back
Ancestry of “verso”, step by step
verso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian verso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | verso | verse; song; cackle |
| 2 | French | vers | towards; to; around, circa |
| 3 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 4 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |