Latin

vertō

‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin vertō.

77 English words in this record descend from Latin vertō, most familiar first.

• university ← universite ← université ← universitei ← universitas
• version ← versiō
• conversation ← conversacioun ← conversacion ← conversātiōnem ← conversātiō
• divorce ← dīvortium ← dīvertere
• diversity ← diversite ← diversité ← dīversitās ← dīversus
• versus
• diverse ← divers ← divers ← dīversus ← dīvertō
• verse ← vers ← fers ← versus
• vertical ← verticālis ← vertex
• adverse ← avers ← adversus
• advertisement ← advertissement ← advertir ← avertir ← advertō
• versatile ← versātilis ← versātus ← versō

More words from vertō

• convertible
• diversion
• vortex
• advert
• divert
• inverse
• adversity
• revert
• pervert
• inversion
• aversion
• diversification
• vertex
• perverse
• vertigo
• avert
• averse
• vert
• vertebrate
• subvert
• introvert
• perversion
• vertebra
• verso
• reversion
• evert
• perversity
• extraversion
• suzerain
• diverticulum
• divertimento
• extravert
• inversus
• versant
• controvert
• advertent
• adversaria
• adversant
• adversion
• antevert
• avertissement
• aversio
• circumvert
• diversificate
• diversiform
• diversory
• diverticle
• eversive
• gwerz
• otrovert
• revertible
• renversement
• revertent
• retrovert
• transvert
• versor
• vertebre
• versicle
• verticillate
• vertisol
• versute
• versiculus
• vertible
• vortical
• vorticel
• anniversary

Etymograph / Latin vertō