Etymology of the English word perverse
the English word
perversederived from the Old French word
perversderived from the Latin word
perversus (askew, awry; perverse)
derived from the Latin word
pervertere (overthrow; subvert; destroy)
derived from the Latin word
vertere (to turn; turn, turn around; change)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wer-using the Late Latin prefix
per-derived from the Latin word
per (through)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perCognates
English
perverted, French
pervers, French
perverse, German
pervers, Italian
perverso, Latin
perversus, Norwegian
pervers, Spanish
perverso, Swedish
perversUsage
Word found in Modern English
