Etymology

revert

re·vert
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Today it means: One who, or that which, reverts. Full definition →

Old French revertir ← Latin revertor ← Proto-Italic *wertō
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*wértetor
  5. Proto-Italic*wertō
  6. Latinvertō
  7. Latinrevertor
  8. Old Frenchrevertir
  9. English todayrevert

From Old French revertir, from Vulgar Latin *revertiō, variant of Latin revertō.

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