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Where does “pervertir” come from?

pervertir (Spanish) comes 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.

pervertir (Spanish): to pervert, lead astray, garble, corrupt

Definitions

  1. to pervert, lead astray, garble, corrupt

Ancestry of “pervertir”, step by step

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