Where does “desenvolver” come from?

desenvolver (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese envolver, from Latin involvere, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

desenvolver (Portuguese): to develop; to explicate; to evolve

Definitions

  1. to develop; to explicate; to evolve

Ancestry of “desenvolver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseenvolverto involve; to encompass
2Latininvolverethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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