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Where does “self-involution” come from?

self-involution (English) comes from English involution, from Latin involūtiō, from Latin involvō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

self-involution (English): Involution in oneself; hence, mental abstraction;...

Definitions

  1. Involution in oneself; hence, mental abstraction;...

Ancestry of “self-involution”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinvolutionEntanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy; A...
2Latininvolūtiō—
3Latininvolvō—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →