Etymograph

English

convel

Convel comes from Latin convellō ‘to shatter, batter, convulse’, from vellō ‘to pull or tear down’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- ‘to hit, to strike’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welh₃-‘to hit, to strike’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wl̥néh₃tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*welnō‘to pull, tear’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvellō‘to pull or tear down’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconvellō‘to shatter, batter, convulse’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1628convel

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welh₃-‘to hit, to strike’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wl̥néh₃tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*welnō‘to pull, tear’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvellō‘to pull or tear down’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconvellō‘to shatter, batter, convulse’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1628convel

Earliest quotation: 1628, Richard Field, Of the Church fiue bookes: “Let vs come to his last exception against Doctor…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- ‘to hit, to strike’

vulnerable, invulnerability, 20 more

through Latin vellō ‘to pull or tear down’

pull, 7 more

through Latin convellō ‘to shatter, batter, convulse’

convulsion, convulsive

Today it means

verb To tear (tissue, a nerve, etc.), to convulse.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- / convel

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