Revert
/rɪˈvɜːrt/noun
To return to a former state, condition, or topic.
Did you know?Revert comes from Latin *revertere*, literally “to turn back,” and its deepest root is the same one behind words like verse, convert, and reverse—language built on the motion of turning.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wer-
“to turn, bend”
Latin
Latin
vertere
“to turn”
Latin
Latin
revertere
“to turn back, return”
Old French
Old French
revertir
“to return, go back”
Middle English
English
reverten
“to return or fall back”
Modern English
English
revert
“to return to a former state or condition”