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Where does “verziranost” come from?

verziranost (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian vèrzīran, from German versiert, from French versé, from Latin versatus, from Latin verso, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

verziranost (Serbo-Croatian): familiarity, aptness

Definitions

  1. familiarity, aptness

Ancestry of “verziranost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianvèrzīran—
2Germanversiertversed
3Frenchverséversed, knowledgeable , conversant; past...
4Latinversatusturned; experienced, skilled, versed
5LatinversoI turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about,...
6Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
7Latinvertō—
8Proto-Italicwertō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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