Where does “revolven” come from?
revolven (Middle English) comes from Old French revolver, from Latin revolvere, from Latin revolvo, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret-, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
revolven (Middle English): to change direction
Definitions
- to change direction
Ancestry of “revolven”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | revolver | to reflect upon |
| 2 | Latin | revolvere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | revolvo | I roll back; unroll, unwind; revolve, return; I... |
| 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 |