English
diverticle
Diverticle comes from Latin diverticulum ‘a bypath’, from divertō ‘to turn away’, 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 CEdivertōas divertere‘to turn away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiverticulum‘a bypath’
- Englishearliest quotation 1659diverticle
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 CEdivertōas divertere‘to turn away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiverticulum‘a bypath’
- Englishearliest quotation 1659diverticle
Earliest quotation: 1659, John Hales, Abuses of hard Places of Scripture: “the descrying of the several passages from them unto…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, derision, invert, deride, wurst, derisive, extraversion, 56 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
adverse, inverse, transverse, inversion, aversion, perverse, averse, perversion, vertebra, reversion, evert, vertiginous, 39 more
through Latin vertō ‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to…’
university, version, conversation, divorce, versus, verse, vertical, advertisement, vortex, adversity, versatile, advert, convertible, revert, pervert, vertex, avert, vertebrate, vertigo, introvert, subvert, vert, verso, perversity, 50 more
through Latin divertō ‘to turn away’
Today it means
noun A turning; a byway.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / diverticle