English
inversus
Inversus comes from Latin inversus ‘inverted, upset, turned upside down’, from vertō ‘turn’, 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 CEinvertō‘invert, turn upside down’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinversus‘inverted, upset, turned upside down’
- Englishtodaysame form
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 CEinvertō‘invert, turn upside down’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinversus‘inverted, upset, turned upside down’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, derision, deride, derisive, wurst, extraversion, 58 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
adverse, diversion, transverse, aversion, perverse, averse, introvert, vertebra, subvert, perversion, reversion, evert, vertiginous, 40 more
through Latin vertō ‘turn’
university, version, divorce, conversation, diversity, vertical, diverse, advertisement, verse, vortex, versatile, convertible, advert, divert, revert, pervert, adversity, diversification, vertex, vertigo, avert, vertebrate, vert, verso, perversity, 52 more
Today it means
noun The inverted part of a composition.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / inversus