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Where does “üniversiteli” come from?

üniversiteli (Turkish) comes from Turkish üniversite, from French université, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin universitas, from Latin ūniversitās, from Latin ūniversus, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

üniversiteli (Turkish): university student

Definitions

  1. university student

Ancestry of “üniversiteli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishüniversiteuniversity
2Frenchuniversitéuniversity
3Old Frenchuniversiteiuniversity
4Medieval Latinuniversitasgroup of teachers and students; university;...
5Latinūniversitās—
6Latinūniversus—
7Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
8Latinvertō—
9Proto-Italicwertō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
11Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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