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Etymology of the Latin word versus

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-

Derivations in Latin

versificare, versicus, versiculus, versutia, universus, versorium, retroversus, transversus, versicolor, dextrorsum, extrorsus, sinistrorsus, anniversarius, controversia, introversus

Derivations in other languages

Albanian vjershë, English verse, English versus, French verse, Italian verso, Italian verso, Italian versore, Italian verso, Portuguese verso, Romanian viers, Spanish verso


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