Latin

versus

‘turned, changed, having been turned’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin versus.

14 English words in this record descend from Latin versus, most familiar first.

• university ← universite ← université ← universitei ← universitas
• universe ← univers ← ūniversus
• universal ← ūniversālis ← ūniversus
• versus
• verse ← vers ← fers
• universally ← universal ← universel ← ūniversālis ← ūniversus
• verso ← in versō foliō
• blogoverse ← universe ← universe ← univers ← ūniversus
• dextrorse ← dextrorsum ← dextrōrsus
• gwerz ← guers ← *gwers
• rursiradiate ← rūrsus ← vorsus
• sinistrorsal ← sinistrorsus

More words from versus

• versicle
• versiculus

Etymograph / Latin versus