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Where does the word "version" come from? It comes from Medieval Latin versio, passing through French before entering English (1580s).
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Where does the word "version" come from? It comes from Medieval Latin versio, passing through French before entering English (1580s).
Version’s story begins in Medieval Latin: versio meant “a turning.” From 'vertere', to turn. By 1500s, the word had taken hold in French as version. A translation of scripture. It reached English by 1580s as version. Software 'versions' date from the 1900s. Today, version means a particular form of something.
- Stage 1 · Medieval Latin · medieval versio "a turning", from 'vertere', to turn.
- Stage 2 · French · 1500s version "translation", a translation of scripture.
- Stage 3 · English · 1580s version "translation", software 'versions' date from the 1900s.