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
Ancestry of “vólvulo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | volvolo | volvulus |
| 2 | Late Latin | volvulus | tending to roll; Tending to roll |
| 3 | Latin | volvō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wēl- | — |