Etymology

pervert

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Today it means: One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals. Full definition →

Old French pervertir ← Latin pervertō
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  1. Latin · derived frompervertō
  2. Old French · derived frompervertir
  3. English todaypervert

From Old French pervertir, itself from the Latin pervertō.

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