Etymology

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Today it means: Opposite in effect, nature or order. Full definition →

Latin inversus
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  1. Latin · derived frominversus
  2. English todayinverse

Recorded since 1440, from Latin inversus, the past participle of invertere (“to invert”), itself from in- (“against, in”) + vertere (“to turn”).

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