Where does “revolvingly” come from?
revolvingly (English) comes from English revolving, 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- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
revolvingly (English): With revolution; so as to revolve or rotate
Definitions
- With revolution; so as to revolve or rotate
Ancestry of “revolvingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | revolving | moving around a central point; Relating to an... |
| 2 | English | revolve | The rotation of part of the scenery within a... |
| 3 | Middle English | revolven | to change direction |
| 4 | Old French | revolver | to reflect upon |
| 5 | Latin | revolvere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | revolvo | I roll back; unroll, unwind; revolve, return; I... |
| 7 | Latin | re- | back, backwards; again; prefix added to various... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wret- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |