Versailles · proper noun1
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wert-“to turn around”
- French · borrowed fromVersailles
- English todayVersailles
Borrowed from French Versailles, of uncertain Latin origin (see French entry below), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”).
Versailles · proper noun2
From etymology 1.
Versailles · proper noun3
Named by Vietnamese American residents in the 1970s after the Versailles Arms apartment complex in which they first settled.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*wert- all →
worthdiverseweirdworthystalwarteverturdderidewurstpeevishanimadvertderisiblestalworthvardoVerdandi-worthy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.