The story
- Late Latin · derived fromverticālis
- Middle French · borrowed fromvertical
- English todayvertical
Borrowed from Middle French vertical, from Late Latin verticālis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
vertical
Today it means: Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal. Full definition →
Middle French vertical ← Late Latin verticālis