English
vertible
Vertible comes from Old French vertible ‘changeable’, 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-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘to turn’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertibilis‘changeable, variable, †vertible’stem of vertō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400vertible‘changeable’
- Englishearliest quotation 1667same 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 CEvertō‘to turn’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertibilis‘changeable, variable, †vertible’stem of vertō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400vertible‘changeable’
- Englishearliest quotation 1667same form
Earliest quotation: 1667, Henry More, Divine Dialogues: “But were it not better that God Almighty should…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, derision, wurst, deride, invert, derisive, extraversion, 59 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
adverse, diversion, inverse, transverse, inversion, aversion, perverse, averse, perversion, reversion, 42 more
through Latin vertō ‘to turn’
university, version, divorce, conversation, diversity, versus, diverse, verse, advertisement, vortex, adversity, versatile, diversification, advert, divert, revert, pervert, vertex, vertebrate, avert, introvert, subvert, verso, vertebra, perversity, evert, 51 more
Today it means
adj Able to turn or to be turned; changeable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / vertible