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Where does “versear” come from?

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

versear (Spanish): to lie, to tell a tall tale

Definitions

  1. to lie, to tell a tall tale

Ancestry of “versear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishversoversed; verse, poem; verse, line
2Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
3Latinvertō—
4Proto-Italicwertō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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