English
eversive
Eversive comes from Latin ēvertō ‘to turn upside down, overturn, reverse’, and goes back to 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 CEēvertō‘to turn upside down, overturn, reverse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēversīvus
- Englishearliest quotation 1800eversive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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 CEēvertō‘to turn upside down, overturn, reverse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēversīvus
- Englishearliest quotation 1800eversive
Earliest quotation: 1800, Alexander Geddes: “a maxim eversive […] of all justice and morality”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, derision, invert, deride, wurst, derisive, extraversion, 54 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
diverse, adverse, inverse, transverse, diversion, perverse, inversion, aversion, averse, vertebra, perversion, reversion, vertiginous, 37 more
through Latin vertō ‘turn’
university, conversation, version, divorce, vertical, versus, advertisement, vortex, diversity, verse, convertible, versatile, advert, pervert, vertex, divert, vertigo, revert, adversity, avert, vertebrate, diversification, introvert, subvert, vert, verso, perversity, 49 more
through Latin ēvertō ‘to turn upside down, overturn, reverse’
Today it means
adj Tending to evert or overthrow; subversive.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / eversive