Where does “revirado” come from?
revirado (Spanish) comes from Galician revirar, from Galician re-, from Old Portuguese re-, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret-, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
revirado (Spanish): twisted; sinuous; nuts; loopy; madcap
Definitions
- twisted; sinuous; nuts; loopy; madcap
Ancestry of “revirado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | revirar | to turn, rotate; to twist; to turn inside-out; to... |
| 2 | Galician | re- | back; again |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | re- | — |
| 4 | Latin | re- | back, backwards; again; prefix added to various... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wret- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |