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verto.

to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈwɛr.toː]Classical-Latin[ˈvɛr.to]
  1. to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve

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    tergum/terga vertere
  2. to turn upside down, overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy

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  3. to be engaged in, be in a place or condition

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  4. to change, alter, transform

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  5. to reverse (transitive)

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  6. to exchange, interchange

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  7. to translate, turn into another language

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  8. to retreat

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *wertō, from Proto-Indo-European *wert-. Cognates include Sanskrit वर्तते (vártate, “to turn”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙 (var^ət), Russian вертеть (vertetʹ, “to rotate”)), Proto-Baltic *wert- (Lithuanian ver̃sti), Persian گرد (gard, “grow; turn”), Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to become”) (Old English weorþan (“to happen”), English worth), Old Irish dofortad (“to pour out”).

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