Evert Definition

Origin of Evert

• From Latin evertere, from e (out) + vertere to turn around in various senses; hence in English: to turn about or overturn. In the 16th century the word appeared in the sense of upsetting or overturning; since the 18th century the sense of "turning out" like a pocket has been the dominant usage.

  From Wiktionary

• Back-formation from Middle English everted turned upside down from Latin ēvertere to overturn ē-, ex- ex- vertere to turn wer-² in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition