English
revertible
Revertible comes from Latin revertere, from vertō ‘to turn’, and ultimately from 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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErevertere
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CErevertibilis
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrevertible
- Englishearliest quotation 2021same form
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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErevertere
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CErevertibilis
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrevertible
- Englishearliest quotation 2021same form
Earliest quotation: 2021, Bertrand Dufrasne, Michael Frankenberg: “When the sequence numbers are all equal and there…”
Formed from revert + -ible
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, invert, deride, wurst, derisive, extraversion, 55 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
adverse, diversion, inverse, transverse, inversion, aversion, perverse, averse, perversion, vertebra, reversion, evert, vertiginous, 38 more
through Latin vertō ‘to turn’
university, version, conversation, divorce, diversity, versus, diverse, verse, vertical, advertisement, vortex, adversity, versatile, advert, diversification, divert, pervert, vertex, convertible, avert, vertebrate, vertigo, introvert, subvert, vert, verso, perversity, 50 more
Today it means
adj Able to be reverted.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / revertible