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Where does “envolto” come from?

envolto (Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin involtus, from Latin involŭtus, from Latin involvō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

envolto (Portuguese): wrapped; tangled

Definitions

  1. wrapped; tangled

Ancestry of “envolto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latininvoltus—
2Latininvolŭtus—
3Latininvolvō—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →