English
transvert
Transvert comes from Latin transvertō ‘to turn or direct across or athwart’, 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‘to turn or turn around’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtransvertōas transvertere‘to turn or direct across or athwart’
- Englishearliest quotation 1448transvert
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‘to turn or turn around’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtransvertōas transvertere‘to turn or direct across or athwart’
- Englishearliest quotation 1448transvert
Earliest quotation: 1448, The Craft of Lovers:: “Why mannes langage wil procure and transvert / The…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, derision, wurst, deride, invert, derisive, extraversion, 56 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
adverse, diversion, inverse, inversion, aversion, perverse, averse, perversion, reversion, 39 more
through Latin vertō ‘to turn or turn around’
university, version, conversation, divorce, diversity, versus, diverse, verse, vertical, advertisement, versatile, vortex, convertible, adversity, diversification, advert, divert, revert, pervert, vertex, vertigo, avert, subvert, vertebrate, verso, introvert, vertebra, evert, perversity, vertiginous, 47 more
Today it means
verb To cause to turn across; to transverse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / transvert