Where does “envolvi” come from?

envolvi (Esperanto) comes from Italian involgere, from Latin involvō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

envolvi (Esperanto): to cover up, envelop

Definitions

  1. to cover up, envelop

Ancestry of “envolvi”, step by step

envolvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian involgere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianinvolgereTo cover up or wrap up
2Latininvolvōto roll to or upon something
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Esperanto volvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantovolvito wind, roll up, coil, turn around
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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