Etymology

vortexing

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Today it means: The formation of a vortex. Full definition →

English vortex ← Latin vortex ← Proto-Italic *wertō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wértetor
  3. Proto-Italic*wertō
  4. Latinvortō
  5. Latinvortex
  6. Englishvortex
  7. English todayvortexing

From vortex + -ing.

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