myEtymology.com: English etymology of retroversion

Etymology of the English word retroversion

the English word retroversion

derived from the Latin word retroversus

derived from the Latin word versus (line, verse; furrow)

derived from the Latin word vertere (to turn; turn, turn around; change)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer-

using the New Latin prefix retro-

Word found in Modern English