Etymograph

English

aversio

Aversio comes from Latin āversiō ‘turning away’, 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 CEāvertō‘turn away’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEāversiō‘turning away’
  7. Englishtodayaversio

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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 CEāvertō‘turn away’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEāversiō‘turning away’
  7. Englishtodayaversio

Linked words

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

word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, invert, derision, deride, wurst, derisive, 56 more

through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’

adverse, inverse, transverse, diversion, perverse, avert, inversion, vertebra, evert, perversion, reversion, vertiginous, extraversion, 38 more

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

university, divorce, conversation, version, vertical, versus, diverse, diversity, advertisement, vortex, verse, convertible, versatile, advert, divert, revert, pervert, vertex, vertigo, adversity, vertebrate, diversification, introvert, subvert, vert, verso, perversity, 50 more

Today it means

noun Apostrophe.

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

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