devolvo
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I roll or tumble off or down.
- (passive in middle sense) I roll, fall or tumble down, roll myself down, fall headlong; sink down; devolve.
Etymology
Affix from Latin volvō (roll, I roll, turn about, turn, tumble, wrap).
Origin
Latin
volvō
Gloss
roll, I roll, turn about, turn, tumble, wrap
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- voluminous English
- *volsorium Latin
- *volvicō, *volvico, volvicāre Latin
- *volvicō, volvicāre Latin
- *volūculum Latin
- advolvo Latin
- circumvolvo Latin
- convolvo Latin
- devolutio, devolutionis Latin
- devolutionem, devolutio Latin
- evolvo Latin
- involvo Latin
- obvolvo Latin
- provolvo Latin
- revolvo Latin
- subvolvo Latin
- volumen Latin
- volvō Latin
- devoluzione Italian
- evolvere Italian
- dévolution French
- devolución Spanish, Castilian
- *welH- Proto-Indo-European
- devolução Portuguese
- Volvo Swedish
- volvi Esperanto
- volbură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dévolution Middle French
- vãrvurã Aromanian
- stravuelzi Friulian