Where does “revolvency” come from?
revolvency (English) comes from English revolve, from Middle English revolven, from Old French revolver, from Latin revolvere, from Latin revolvo, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret-, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
revolvency (English): The act or state of revolving; revolution
Definitions
- The act or state of revolving; revolution
Ancestry of “revolvency”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | revolve | The rotation of part of the scenery within a... |
| 2 | Middle English | revolven | to change direction |
| 3 | Old French | revolver | to reflect upon |
| 4 | Latin | revolvere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | revolvo | I roll back; unroll, unwind; revolve, return; I... |
| 6 | Latin | re- | back, backwards; again; prefix added to various... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wret- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |