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
- to cover up, envelop
Ancestry of “envolvi”, step by step
envolvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian involgere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | involgere | To cover up or wrap up |
| 2 | Latin | involvō | to roll to or upon something |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Esperanto volvi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | volvi | to wind, roll up, coil, turn around |