'convert' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'convertere,' where 'con-' meant 'together' and 'vertere' meant 'to turn.'

'convertere' transformed into the Old French word 'convertir,' and eventually became the modern English word 'convert' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'to turn around or transform,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'to change something into a different form or function.'