English
diversory
Diversory comes from Latin dēversōrium ‘an inn or lodging’, from dēverto ‘to turn away, turn aside’, 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‘turn’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēverto‘to turn away, turn aside’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēversōriumas diversorium‘an inn or lodging’
- Englishearliest quotation 1614–1615diversory
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‘turn’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēverto‘to turn away, turn aside’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēversōriumas diversorium‘an inn or lodging’
- Englishearliest quotation 1614–1615diversory
Earliest quotation: 1614–1615, Homer, The Fourteenth Book of Homer’s Odysseys: “For slaughtering one , through many regions stray'd In…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, derision, invert, deride, wurst, derisive, extraversion, 59 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
adverse, inverse, transverse, inversion, aversion, perverse, averse, vertebra, perversion, reversion, evert, vertiginous, 42 more
through Latin vertō ‘turn’
university, version, conversation, divorce, vertical, versus, advertisement, verse, vortex, convertible, versatile, advert, revert, pervert, adversity, vertex, vertigo, avert, vertebrate, introvert, subvert, vert, verso, perversity, 53 more
Today it means
noun A wayside inn.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / diversory