English
rursiradiate
Rursiradiate comes from Latin rūrsus ‘backward, turned back’, from vorsus ‘Old Latin form of versus’, and ultimately from versus ‘towards, -wards’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEversus‘towards, -wards’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvorsus‘Old Latin form of versus’earlier form of versus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErūrsus‘backward, turned back’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016rursiradiate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEversus‘towards, -wards’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvorsus‘Old Latin form of versus’earlier form of versus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErūrsus‘backward, turned back’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016rursiradiate
Earliest quotation: 2016: “They are rursiradiate on the middle of the flank…”
Linked words
through Latin versus ‘towards, -wards’
university, universal, versus, verse, verso, 7 more
through Latin vorsus ‘Old Latin form of versus’
Today it means
adj Inclined backward.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin versus / rursiradiate