English
vertebre
Vertebre comes from French vertebre ‘vertebra’, from Latin vertō ‘to turn’, and ultimately from 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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertebra‘a joint, vertebra of the spine’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentvertebre‘vertebra’
- Englishtodaysame 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‘to turn’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertebra‘a joint, vertebra of the spine’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentvertebre‘vertebra’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, derision, wurst, deride, invert, derisive, extraversion, 58 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
adverse, diversion, inverse, transverse, inversion, aversion, perverse, averse, perversion, reversion, 41 more
through Latin vertō ‘to turn’
university, version, conversation, divorce, diversity, versus, diverse, verse, vertical, advertisement, versatile, convertible, vortex, adversity, diversification, advert, divert, pervert, vertigo, revert, avert, introvert, subvert, verso, perversity, evert, vertiginous, 50 more
Today it means
noun A joint of the back.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / vertebre