English
versor
Versor comes from Latin vertō ‘to turn’, and goes back to 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’
- Englishtodayversor
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’
- Englishtodayversor
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, derision, invert, deride, derisive, wurst, extraversion, 55 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
adverse, diversion, inverse, transverse, inversion, aversion, perverse, vertebra, averse, perversion, reversion, evert, vertiginous, 38 more
through Latin vertō ‘to turn’
university, version, conversation, divorce, diversity, vertical, versus, diverse, advertisement, verse, convertible, vortex, versatile, advert, divert, revert, diversification, pervert, adversity, vertex, vertigo, avert, vertebrate, introvert, subvert, vert, perversity, 50 more
Today it means
noun A quaternion of norm one.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / versor