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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
 
Amusing etymology
Amusing etymology

advertise/adverse from Latin ad- "to,toward" + vertere "to turn"

Compare to:

versus "to turn"
vice versa from vicis "change" + versus "to turn"

introvert "turned inside in"
extravert "turned inside out"

subvert from sub- "under" + vertere "to turn"
revert from re- "back" + vertere "to turn"
invert from in- "upon" + vertere "to turn" 
avert from ab- "from, away" + vertere "to turn"

convert/conversation from com-"with, together" (often reduced to co-)+vert

vertex "the turning point"
vortex  - variant of vertex "to turn"

vertigo "a turning movement"

version from versionem  "a turning"

vertebra from vertere "to turn"

transverse  from trans- "across" + vertere "to turn"

anniversary  from annus "year" + vertere "to turn" 

divert from dis- "aside" + vertere "to turn"

pervert rom per- "away" + vertere "to turn"

universe from unus "one" + versus

verse from L. versus "to turn". The metaphor is of "turning" from one line to another.

вращать, вертеть, свёрток, приворотное, вертикаль, верх, вертухай

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