Where does “reviravolta” come from?
reviravolta (Galician) comes from Galician viravolta, from French virevolte, from Italian giravolta, from Italian girare, from Latin gȳrō, from Latin gȳrus, from Ancient Greek γῦρος, from Ancient Greek μίτρα — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
reviravolta (Galician): turn
Definitions
- turn
Ancestry of “reviravolta”, step by step
reviravolta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician viravolta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | viravolta | fast twirl, spin or turn |
| 2 | French | virevolte | twirl; spin; turn; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Italian | giravolta | spin, turn, twirl; U-turn; sharp bend in a road |
| 4 | Italian | girare | to turn, stir, turn over; to spin; to tour,... |
| 5 | Latin | gȳrō | to turn in a circle, wheel around, rotate |
| 6 | Latin | gȳrus | circle |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γῦρος | ring, circle |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μίτρα | A metal guard worn round the waist; A maiden's... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
via Galician revirar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | revirar | to turn, rotate; to twist; to turn inside-out; to... |
| 2 | Galician | re- | back; again |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | re- | — |
| 4 | Latin | re- | back, backwards; again; prefix added to various... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wret- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |