English
reversion
Reversion comes from Old French reversion ‘return’, from Latin 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 CErevertoras revertō‘to return’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreversio‘the act of turning back, return’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400reversion‘return’
- Englishearliest quotation 1777reversion
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 CErevertoras revertō‘to return’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreversio‘the act of turning back, return’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400reversion‘return’
- Englishearliest quotation 1777reversion
Earliest quotation: 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal: “Why nothing capital of my master's wardrobe has drop'd…”
Equivalent to revert + -sion
Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
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Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
Latin vertō ‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to…’
Latin revertor ‘to return’
Old French revertir ‘to return’
English revert
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, invert, deride, derision, wurst, derisive, 57 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
adverse, inverse, transverse, perverse, averse, vertebra, evert, vertiginous, extraversion, 39 more
through Latin vertō ‘turn’
university, divorce, conversation, vertical, versus, diverse, diversity, advertisement, verse, vortex, versatile, convertible, advert, divert, pervert, vertex, vertigo, adversity, avert, vertebrate, introvert, diversion, subvert, diversification, vert, inversion, aversion, verso, perversion, perversity, 47 more
Today it means
noun The act or process of reverting something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / reversion