Etymology

volvulize

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Today it means: Synonym of volvulate. Full definition →

Latin volvere
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvolvere“to twist round”
  2. English todayvolvulize

From vovlul(us) + -ize, ultimately from Latin volvere (“to twist round”).

Words from the same roots

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