English
evert
Evert comes from Late Latin ēvertere ‘to turn inside out’, from vertō ‘to reverse’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to rotate, turn’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to rotate, turn’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertōreconstructed
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEvertō‘to reverse’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEēvertō‘to turn upside down’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEēvertere‘to turn inside out’present active infinitive of ēvertō
- Englishearliest quotation 1632evert
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to rotate, turn’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertōreconstructed
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEvertō‘to reverse’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEēvertō‘to turn upside down’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEēvertere‘to turn inside out’present active infinitive of ēvertō
- Englishearliest quotation 1632evert
Earliest quotation: 1632, William Maxwell Morison, Removing. [Earl of Lauderdale against ——.]: “[A]s to the confession contained in the act of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to rotate, turn’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, derision, wurst, deride, invert, derisive, extraversion, 57 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō
adverse, diversion, inverse, transverse, inversion, aversion, perverse, averse, perversion, reversion, 40 more
through Late Latin vertō ‘to reverse’
university, version, conversation, divorce, diversity, versus, diverse, verse, vertical, advertisement, versatile, vortex, convertible, adversity, diversification, advert, divert, pervert, vertigo, vertex, vertebrate, introvert, avert, subvert, verso, vertebra, perversity, vertiginous, 49 more
Today it means
verb To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / evert