VERT: the Latin root meaning “turn”

VERT comes from Latin and means “turn”. You can see it in convert, divert and extrovert. WordPith uses it in 10 words.

Meaning: turn
Origin: Latin
Type: Root
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Words built from VERT

CONVERT

convert

To change from one form or belief to another

Latin convertere, to turn around.

DIVERT

divert

To turn aside; or to entertain

Latin divertere, to turn apart.

EXTROVERT

extrovert

Someone turned outward, who recharges in company

Jung spelled it extravert; the o crept in by analogy with introvert and never left.

INADVERTENT

inadvertent

Done without meaning to

Latin advertere, to turn toward: not having turned your attention to it.

INTROVERT

introvert

Someone turned inward, who recharges alone

Latin intro, inward, plus vertere, to turn. Jung gave both words their modern sense in 1921.

INVERT

invert

To turn upside down

Latin invertere, to turn in.

SUBVERT

subvert

To undermine from beneath

Latin subvertere, to overturn from below. Not to attack, to erode.

VERTICAL

vertical

Upright, at a right angle to the ground

Latin vertex, the turning point — the crown of the head, where the hair whorls.

REVERT

revert

To turn back to an earlier state

Latin revertere. In law, property reverts to an owner it left.

INCONTROVERTIBLE

incontrovertible

Impossible to argue against

Not able to be turned against. Controversy is the turning.

Quick check

1. Which word means: To turn upside down?

2. Which word means: To turn back to an earlier state?

3. Which word means: To turn aside; or to entertain?

Roots that pair with VERT

IN- not, without; or in, into
CON- with, together
DI- apart, away
AD- toward
-ENT one that, a thing that
INTRO- inward
SUB- under, below
-ICAL relating to
RE- again, back
-IBLE able to be

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