Etymology

-verse

Today it means: Forming compound nouns denoting the whole range or totality of what is indicated by the first element. Full definition →

First used 20th c.English universebf. ← Middle English universe ← Old French univers
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  3. Proto-Italic*oinos
  4. Old Latinoinos
  5. Latinūnus
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wr̥ttós
  8. Proto-Italic*worssos
  9. Latinvorsus
  10. Latinversus
  11. Latinūniversus
  12. Old Frenchunivers
  13. Middle Englishuniverse
  14. Englishuniversebf.
  15. English today-verse

Extracted from universe.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 20th c. Forming compound nouns denoting the whole range or totality of what is indicated by the first element.
  • from 20th c. Forming compound nouns denoting the fictional world of a given character, television series etc.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.