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reversus
Latin · ancient
"turned back"
turned back, from re- (back) and vertere (to turn)
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revers
Old French · medieval
"turned the opposite way"
carried into French for something turned the opposite way
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Stage 3 of 3
reverse
English · 1300s
"the opposite direction or order"
settled as the English word for the opposite direction or order
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