Where does “Volvox” come from?
Volvox (English) comes from taxonomic name Volvox, from Latin volvō, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.
Ancestry of “Volvox”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | taxonomic name | Volvox | — |
| 2 | Latin | volvō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wēl- | — |