Etymology of the English word varsity
the English word
varsityderived from the English word
universityderived from the Old French word
universitederived from the Medieval Latin word
universitas (universe, sum of all things; whole; university)
derived from the Latin word
universus (whole world; all men, everybody; whole, entire; all together)
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 Late Latin prefix
uni-derived from the Latin word
unus (one; alone, a single, sole)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*oi-no-Usage
Word found in Modern English
