Etymology

devolver

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Today it means: A devolutionist. Full definition →

English devolve ← Latin dēvolvō ← Proto-Italic *wolwō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*welH-
  7. Proto-Italic*wolwō
  8. Latinvolvō
  9. Latindēvolvō
  10. Englishdevolve
  11. English todaydevolver

From devolve + -er.

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