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Where does “evolvent” come from?

evolvent (English) comes from Latin ēvolvēns, from Latin ēvolvō, from Latin volvō, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.

evolvent (English): The involute of a curve

Definitions

  1. The involute of a curve

Ancestry of “evolvent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinēvolvēns—
2Latinēvolvō—
3Latinvolvō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēl- →