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Where does “perverso” come from?

perverso (Spanish) comes from Latin perversus, from Latin perverto, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

perverso (Spanish): bad, mean, wicked; perverse; perverted

Definitions

  1. bad, mean, wicked; perverse; perverted

Ancestry of “perverso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinperversusoverthrown; subverted, corrupted
2LatinpervertoI overthrow; I subvert or corrupt
3Latinvertō—
4Proto-Italicwertō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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