Etymograph

English

averse

Averse comes from Latin avertō ‘to avert’, from vertō ‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wértetor‘to turn, be turning’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEavertōas avertere, past participle‘to avert’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaversus
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1697averse

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wértetor‘to turn, be turning’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEavertōas avertere, past participle‘to avert’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaversus
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1697averse

Earliest quotation: 1697, Virgil, (please specify the book number): “The tracks averse a lying notice gave, / And…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’

word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, derision, invert, deride, derisive, wurst, 57 more

through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’

diversion, inversion, transverse, vertebra, avert, perversion, reversion, evert, vertiginous, extraversion, 39 more

through Latin vertō ‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to…’

university, version, divorce, conversation, diversity, vertical, versus, vortex, advertisement, diverse, convertible, versatile, adverse, advert, divert, revert, diversification, pervert, adversity, vertex, vertigo, vertebrate, inverse, introvert, subvert, vert, perverse, verso, perversity, 48 more

Today it means

adj Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / averse

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