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vortex

/ˈvɔːteks/VAWR-teks
/ˈvɔɹtɛks/VAWR-teks

Meaningto turn

Common meaning: a whirling mass

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WART‘turn, turn oneself, to become, to be’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 359, p. 743 · scan
  2. Latinvertere‘to turn’source
  3. Latinmeaning shiftsto turn → a whirlpoolvortex‘a whirlpool’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa whirlpool → a whirling massvortex‘a whirling mass’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin vertere ‘to turn’.

Roots

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