Where does “volve” come from?
volve (Chavacano) comes from Spanish volver, from Latin volvere, from Latin volvo, from Proto-Indo-European welw-, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.
volve (Chavacano): to go home; to come home
Definitions
- to go home; to come home
Ancestry of “volve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | volver | to return, to revert, to get back; to come back,... |
| 2 | Latin | volvere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | volvo | I roll, tumble |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | welw- | hair, wool, grass, ear , forest; to turn, wind,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | to roll, to undulate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |