Where does “vortex” come from?

vortex (Romanian) comes from French vortex, from Latin vortex, from Latin vortō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

vortex (Romanian): vortex

Definitions

  1. vortex

Ancestry of “vortex”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvortexvortex
2Latinvortexwhirlpool, eddy, vortex
3Latinvortō—
4Proto-Italicwertōto turn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →