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2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means writing arranged with a rhythmic structure, or a single line of such writing
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Stage 1 of 2
versus
Latin · ancient
"a turning, a furrow"
literally a turning, from vertere (to turn), describing a plow turning at the end of a furrow
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Stage 2 of 2
verse
English · 1000s
"a line or section of poetry"
settled as the English word for a line or section of poetry
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