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Where does “envoluper” come from?

envoluper (Old French) comes from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

envoluper (Old French): to enwrap; to wrap up

Definitions

  1. to enwrap; to wrap up

Ancestry of “envoluper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchen-en-
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “envoluper”

  • envelop
  • enveloper
  • envelopeth
  • envelopest
  • envolupen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →