English
retrovert
Retrovert comes from Latin vertō ‘to turn’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wert-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertōas vertere‘to turn’
- Englishtodayretrovert
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertōas vertere‘to turn’
- Englishtodayretrovert
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, derision, wurst, deride, invert, derisive, extraversion, 55 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
adverse, diversion, inverse, inversion, aversion, perverse, transverse, averse, perversion, reversion, 38 more
through Latin vertō ‘to turn’
university, version, conversation, divorce, diversity, versus, diverse, verse, vertical, advertisement, versatile, vortex, convertible, adversity, diversification, advert, divert, pervert, vertex, vertigo, revert, avert, vertebrate, subvert, verso, vertebra, introvert, evert, perversity, vertiginous, 47 more
Today it means
verb To turn back; to return to a previous state.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / retrovert