English
intervolution
Intervolution comes from Latin inter ‘between’, from volvō ‘to roll’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to turn, wind, round’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welH-‘to turn, wind, round’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wolwōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvolvōas volvere‘to roll’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinter‘between’
- Englishearliest quotation 1850intervolution
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welH-‘to turn, wind, round’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wolwōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvolvōas volvere‘to roll’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinter‘between’
- Englishearliest quotation 1850intervolution
Earliest quotation: 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter: “A writhing horror twisted itself across his features, like…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to turn, wind, round’
well, walk, wall, valve, vulgar, waltz, helix, divulge, wale, vagrant, gauche, iliac, vulgate, ilium, valvular, valise, 71 more
through Proto-Italic *wolwō
revolve, devolve, devolution, convolutional, 39 more
through Latin volvō ‘to roll’
volume, vault, involve, revolution, evolution, evolve, revolt, vulva, voluminous, convoluted, convolution, voluble, involution, 43 more
through Latin inter ‘between’
Today it means
noun The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *welH- / intervolution