Etymology of the Latin word universitas
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-Derivations in other languages
French
universite, Italian
università, Portuguese
universidade, Portuguese
universitário, Spanish
universidadCognates
Dutch
universiteit, English
university, French
université, German
Universität, Italian
università, Lithuanian
universitetas, Norwegian
universitet, Polish
uniwersytet, Russian
университет, Spanish
universidad, Swedish
universitetUsage
Word found in Medieval Latin
