Where does “cavorteth” come from?
cavorteth (English) comes from English cavort, from English vault, from Middle French volter, from Italian voltare, from Vulgar Latin *volvitare, from Latin volvere, from Latin volvo, from Proto-Indo-European welw- — to turn, to wind.
Ancestry of “cavorteth”, step by step
cavorteth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cavort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cavort | To prance, said of mounts; To move about... |
| 2 | English | vault | An arched masonry structure supporting and... |
| 3 | Middle French | volter | to turn or spin around; to frolic |
| 4 | Italian | voltare | to turn; to flip; to make turn; to rotate |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *volvitare | — |
| 6 | Latin | volvere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | volvo | I roll, tumble |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | welw- | hair, wool, grass, ear , forest; to turn, wind,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | to roll, to undulate |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |
via English eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |