evolutio Latin · revision 8150

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la volvō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [eː.wɔˈɫuː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [e.voˈlut.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēvolūtiō''' ''f'' (genitive ēvolūtiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ēvolvō]] “to roll out, unroll” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the reading through of a book or author, since a book was a roll that was unrolled.^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant evolution, development, unfolding.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a lapse of time.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for the unfolding of a tale.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''evoluzione'' and French ''évolution'', and gave [[en|evolution]] in the 1620s, first meaning “an opening of what was rolled up”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of reading through a book.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1620s – English ''evolution'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The reading through (of a book).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Development, unfolding.^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A lapse of time.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ēvolvō]]

+ * [[volvō]]

+ * [[en|evolution]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}