universe
Meaningturned into one
Common meaning: everything that exists, turned into one whole
- unioneLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1932 · scan
- versto turnLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1977 · scan
‘one’ + ‘to turn’ → universe
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- uni — Latin ūnus “one” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- vers — Latin vertō, vertī, versum “to turn” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin ūnus ‘one’ + Latin vertō ‘to turn’.
Did you know (Latin vertere, "to…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vertō, p. 1977 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Latin unus, "one",…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry ūnus, p. 1932 · dictionary scan
Roots
- vertō, vertī, versum Latin “to turn”
- ūnus Latin “one”
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