English
convolvable
Convolvable 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
- Englishtodayconvolvable1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English convolvable
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welH-Wiktionary, English convolvable‘to roll, to undulate’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wolwōWiktionary, English convolvablereconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvolvōWiktionary, English convolvable‘to roll, tumble’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconvolvōWiktionary, English convolvable‘to roll together, up or around’
- English1500–presentconvolveWiktionary, English convolvable
- EnglishtodayconvolvableWiktionary, English convolvable
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to roll, to undulate’
well, walk, wall, valve, vulgar, waltz, helix, divulge, vagrant, gauche, wale, vulgate, iliac, ilium, valise, valvular, 70 more
through Proto-Italic *wolwō
revolve, devolution, devolve, 39 more
through Latin volvō ‘to roll, tumble’
volume, revolution, evolution, vault, involve, revolt, evolve, voluminous, vulva, involution, convolutional, voluble, 42 more
through Latin convolvō ‘to roll together, up or around’
Today it means
adj That can be convolved.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “convolvable”. 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- / convolvable