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Invert

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to turn something upside down, or reverse its position or order
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Stage 1 of 2
invertere
Latin · ancient
"to turn upside down"
to turn upside down, from in- (in, on) and vertere (to turn)
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Stage 2 of 2
invert
English · 1500s
"to reverse the position, order, or condition of something"
settled as the English word for reversing the position or order of something
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