Where does “develop” come from?
Develop comes from French développer, from Middle French desveloper and Old French desveloper, combining the prefix des- with a root ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁.
develop (English): To change with a specific direction, progress; To...
Definitions
- To change with a specific direction, progress; To...
Ancestry of “develop”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | développer | to develop; to code |
| 2 | Middle French | desveloper | — |
| 3 | Old French | desveloper | — |
| 4 | Old French | voloper | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | vuloppare | to wrap |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wlappaną | to wrap, roll up, turn, wind |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | werb- | to throw, twist, bend; to turn, bend, twist; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |