The story
- Latin · derived fromadversus“turned against”
- Old French · derived fromavers
- English todayadverse
First attested around 1374, from Old French avers (French adverse), from Latin adversus (“turned against”), past participle of advertere, from ad- (“to”) + vertere (“to turn”). See also versus.
Words from the same roots
Latinadversus all →
adversant
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.