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late Middle English: from a medieval Latin use of Latin versus ‘towards’.

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From Middle English versus, borrowed from Latin versus(“facing”), past participle of vertere(“to turn, change, overthrow, destroy”).

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versus (prep.)

mid-15c., in legal case names, denoting action of one party against another, from Latin versus "turned toward or against," past participle of vertere "to turn," from PIE *wert- "to turn, wind," from root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend."