envelopper
French
verb
Definitions
- to wrap someone or something, to cover.
- to envelop
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French enveloper inherited from Old French envoloper, voluper (wrap up, wrap) inherited from Latin *vlopp- derived from Proto-Germanic *wrappaną (wrap) derived from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (turn, bend, twist, wind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*werb-
Gloss
turn, bend, twist, wind
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
風
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- belap English
- burlap English
- catlap English
- earlap English
- envelopment English
- headlap English
- lap English
- lap joint English
- lapboard English
- lapel English
- lapful English
- lapheld English
- laplike English
- lapling English
- lapmark English
- lapper English
- lappet English
- lapping English
- laprobe English
- lapstone English
- lapstrake English
- lapward English
- lapwork English
- onlap English
- overlap English
- shiplap English
- umbelap English
- underlap English
- unlap English
- wrap English
- *vlopp- Latin
- *vloppō, *wloppō Latin
- verber Latin
- enveloppement French
- ῥάπτω Ancient Greek
- *werb- Proto-Indo-European
- *werbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *werp- Proto-Indo-European
- *warpą Proto-Germanic
- *werpaną Proto-Germanic
- *wlappaną Proto-Germanic
- *wrappan- Proto-Germanic
- *wrappaną Proto-Germanic
- *wurpiz Proto-Germanic
- *wlappan Old English
- *wrappan Old English
- wearp Old English
- lappe Middle English
- warp Middle English
- wlappen Middle English
- wrappen Middle English
- envoloper Old French
- voluper Old French
- enveloper Middle French
- *awa-rapa Proto-Albanian