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Avert

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to prevent something bad from happening, or to turn away one's gaze
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Stage 1 of 2
avertere
Latin · ancient
"to turn away"
to turn away, from ab- (away) and vertere (to turn)
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Stage 2 of 2
avert
English · 1400s
"to turn away, or to prevent something bad"
settled as the English word for turning away or preventing something
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