evert

evert · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wert-“to rotate, turn”
2. Latin · derived fromēvertere
3. Late Latin · derived fromēvertere“to turn (an item of clothing) inside out”
4. English todayevert

From Late Latin ēvertere (“to turn (an item of clothing) inside out”), Latin ēvertere, present active infinitive of ēvertō (“to turn upside down; to overturn; to reverse”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’)) + vertō (“to reverse; to revolve, turn; to turn around”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate, turn”)).

Evert · proper noun²

1. German · borrowed fromEvert
2. English todayEvert

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Evert.

Words from the same roots