Where does “volver” come from?
volver (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese volver, from Latin volvere, from Latin volvo, from Proto-Indo-European welw-, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.
volver (Galician): to return; to oppose; to defend
Definitions
- to return; to oppose; to defend
Ancestry of “volver”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | volver | — |
| 2 | Latin | volvere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | volvo | I roll, tumble |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | welw- | hair, wool, grass, ear , forest; to turn, wind,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |
Words derived from “volver”