Etymograph

English

vertigo

Vertigo comes from Latin vertīgō ‘gyration, giddiness, dizziness’, from vertō ‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wértetor‘to turn, be turning’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertīgō‘gyration, giddiness, dizziness’
  6. Englishtodayvertigo

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wértetor‘to turn, be turning’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertīgō‘gyration, giddiness, dizziness’
  6. Englishtodayvertigo

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, turn oneself, direct one's way, to…’

university, version, divorce, conversation, diversity, versus, diverse, verse, advertisement, vortex, versatile, adversity, convertible, diversification, advert, divert, revert, pervert, vertex, vertebrate, avert, introvert, subvert, verso, vertebra, perversity, evert, 50 more

Today it means

noun A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / vertigo

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