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
- Involution in oneself; hence, mental abstraction;...
Ancestry of “self-involution”, step by step
self-involution traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English involution
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | involution | Entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy; A... |
| 2 | Latin | involūtiō | — |
| 3 | Latin | involvō | to roll to or upon something |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English Self
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Self | Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned) |
| 2 | Middle English | salve | Alternative form of sauf |
| 3 | Old English | sealf | salve |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |