Versailles

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French word Versailles comes from Proto-Indo-European *were-, and later Proto-Indo-European *wértti (To be turning around.)

*were- (Proto-Indo-European)

*werd- (Proto-Indo-European)

*wértti (Proto-Indo-European)

To be turning around.

*wertō (Proto-Italic)

verto (Latin)

I exchange. I retreat. I reverse (transitive). I translate. I turn around. I turn, revolve.

Versailles (French)

(by ellipsis) Versailles (the Palace of Versailles). Versailles (a municipality and suburb of Paris, France).

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