English
adversant
Adversant comes from Latin adversus ‘set opposite, adverse, having been set against’, from advertō ‘to turn toward’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wértetor‘to turn, be turning’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadvertō‘to turn toward’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadversus‘set opposite, adverse, having been set against’
- Englishearliest quotation 1625adversant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wértetor‘to turn, be turning’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadvertō‘to turn toward’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadversus‘set opposite, adverse, having been set against’
- Englishearliest quotation 1625adversant
Earliest quotation: 1625, Thomas Jackson, Miſbeliefe: “[…] wherefore our Saviours adviſe to Martha, rightly limited…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, derision, invert, deride, derisive, wurst, extraversion, 57 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
diversion, inverse, inversion, aversion, transverse, perverse, averse, introvert, vertebra, perversion, reversion, evert, vertiginous, 40 more
through Latin vertō ‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to…’
university, version, divorce, conversation, diversity, vertical, versus, diverse, verse, vortex, convertible, versatile, divert, revert, pervert, diversification, vertex, vertigo, avert, vertebrate, subvert, vert, verso, perversity, 52 more
through Latin advertō ‘to turn toward’
Today it means
adj Opposed; adverse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / adversant