versus的词源

英文词源

versus (prep.)

mid-15c., in legal case names, denoting action of one party against another, from Latin versus "turned toward or against," from past participle of vertere (frequentative versare) "to turn, turn back, be turned, convert, transform, translate, be changed," from PIE *wert- "to turn, wind," from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (cognates: Old English -weard "toward," originally "turned toward," weorthan "to befall," wyrd "fate, destiny," literally "what befalls one;" Sanskrit vartate "turns round, rolls;" Avestan varet- "to turn;" Old Church Slavonic vrŭteti "to turn, roll," Russian vreteno "spindle, distaff;" Lithuanian ver čiu "to turn;" Greek rhatane "stirrer, ladle;" German werden, Old English weorðan "to become" (for sense, compare turn into); Welsh gwerthyd "spindle, distaff;" Old Irish frith "against").

中文词源

versus：对，相比

来自拉丁语versus,转，来自PIE*wer,转，弯，词源converse,toward。引申词义转向对方的，相对，相比。

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：versus 词源，versus 含义。

versus：与...相对，对抗

词根词缀： -vers-转 + us

versus：对，相比

来自拉丁语 versus,转，来自 PIE*wer,转，弯，词源 converse,toward.引申词义转向对方的， 相对，相比。