Word part · Latin root
The Latin root vert
Means: turn.
At a glance
- Part
- vert
- Meaning
- turn
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
- Also spelled
- vers, verse
Vert becomes vers before -ion and -ible: convert, conversion, reversible.
Example words
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- con (prefix)+vert (root or base)→convert
turn one thing into another
- con (prefix)+vers (root or base)+ion (suffix)→conversion
the act of changing one thing into another
- con (prefix)+vert (root or base)+ible (suffix)→convertible
can be changed; a car with a roof that folds down
- in (prefix)+vert (root or base)→invert
turn upside down or inside out
- re (prefix)+verse (root or base)→reverse
turn back the other way
- vers (root or base)+ion (suffix)→version
one form of something that comes in other forms
- re (prefix)+vers (root or base)+ible (suffix)→reversible
can be turned back or worn inside out
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