English
revertent
Revertent comes from Latin revertor ‘to turn back, turn around’, and goes back to 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 CErevertor‘to turn back, turn around’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrevertent
- Englishearliest quotation 1848same 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 CErevertor‘to turn back, turn around’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrevertent
- Englishearliest quotation 1848same form
Earliest quotation: 1848, Thomas Hall, Rowland Bradshaw: “Dear Rowland, it must be your business and mine…”
Formed from revert + -ent
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, derision, wurst, deride, invert, derisive, extraversion, 55 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
adverse, diversion, inverse, transverse, inversion, aversion, perverse, averse, perversion, introvert, vertebra, evert, vertiginous, 38 more
through Latin vertō ‘turn’
university, version, conversation, divorce, diversity, versus, diverse, verse, vertical, versatile, advertisement, convertible, vortex, adversity, diversification, advert, divert, pervert, vertigo, avert, vertex, subvert, vertebrate, vert, verso, perversity, 50 more
through Latin revertor ‘to turn back, turn around’
Today it means
adj Having reverted to a previous (more basic or more natural) state.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / revertent