Etymograph

English

inversionism

From inversion + -ism.

Formed from inversion + -ism

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

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Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’

Latin vertō ‘turn’

Latin invertō ‘to invert’

Latin inversio

English inversion

Today it means

noun Homosexuality, regarded as sexual inversion.

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

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