English
intervolve
Intervolve 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-1‘to turn, wind, round’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wolwō1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvolvō2as volvere‘to roll’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinter2‘between’
- Englishtodayintervolve2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin volvo
- 2 Wiktionary, English intervolve
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welH-Wiktionary, Latin volvo‘to turn, wind, round’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wolwōWiktionary, Latin volvoreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvolvōWiktionary, English intervolveas volvere‘to roll’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterWiktionary, English intervolve‘between’
- EnglishtodayintervolveWiktionary, English intervolve
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, valise, valvular, 70 more
through Proto-Italic *wolwō
devolution, revolve, devolve, convolutional, 39 more
through Latin volvō ‘to roll’
volume, revolution, evolution, vault, involve, revolt, evolve, convoluted, vulva, voluminous, convolution, voluble, involution, 43 more
through Latin inter ‘between’
Today it means
verb To involve one with another.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “intervolve”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin volvo. 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- / intervolve