English
convolvability
Convolvability comes from Latin convolvō ‘to roll together, up or around’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *welH-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welH-1‘to roll, to undulate’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wolwō1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvolvō1‘to roll, tumble’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconvolvō1‘to roll together, up or around’
- English1500–presentconvolve1
- Englishtodayconvolvability1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English convolvability
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welH-Wiktionary, English convolvability‘to roll, to undulate’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wolwōWiktionary, English convolvabilityreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvolvōWiktionary, English convolvability‘to roll, tumble’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconvolvōWiktionary, English convolvability‘to roll together, up or around’
- English1500–presentconvolveWiktionary, English convolvability
- EnglishtodayconvolvabilityWiktionary, English convolvability
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to roll, to undulate’
well, walk, wall, valve, vulgar, waltz, helix, divulge, wale, vagrant, gauche, vulgate, iliac, ilium, valvular, valise, 70 more
through Proto-Italic *wolwō
revolve, devolution, devolve, 39 more
through Latin volvō ‘to roll, tumble’
volume, revolution, evolution, involve, vault, revolt, evolve, voluminous, vulva, voluble, involution, convolutional, 42 more
through Latin convolvō ‘to roll together, up or around’
Today it means
noun The property of being convolvable.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “convolvability”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *welH- / convolvability