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Where does “vólvulo” come from?

vólvulo (Portuguese) comes from Italian volvolo, from Late Latin volvulus, from Latin volvō, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.

vólvulo (Portuguese): volvulus

Definitions

  1. volvulus

Ancestry of “vólvulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvolvolovolvulus
2Late Latinvolvulustending to roll; Tending to roll
3Latinvolvō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēl- →