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English word convert comes from Latin verto, and later Old French convertir (To convert (change from one state to another).)
verto (Latin)
I exchange. I retreat. I reverse (transitive). I translate. I turn around. I turn, revolve.
converto (Latin)
I direct myself. I reverse. I rotate. I turn back or recoil. I turn over (soil etc). I turn upside-down; I invert.
convertir (Old French)
To convert (change from one state to another).
convert (English)
(ambitransitive, rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.. (intransitive) To become converted.. (intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).. (intransitive, ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.. (transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.. (transitive) To exchange for [...]