'anteversion' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'anteversio', where the prefix 'ante-' meant 'before' or 'forward' and 'vertere' meant 'to turn'.

'anteversion' entered English from Neo-Latin/Latin medical usage (Latin 'anteversio'); the formation reflects Latin components rather than a direct borrowing from an intervening Romance language, and it became established in English anatomical and medical terminology.

Initially it meant 'a turning forward' in a general sense; over time it became specialized in anatomy and medicine to mean the forward tilting or rotation of an organ (e.g., the uterus).