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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Terence|origins=la volvō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈwɔɫ.woː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈvɔl.vo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''revolvō''' (present infinitive revolvere, perfect active revolvī, supine revolūtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[re-]] “back, again” and [[volvō]] “to roll”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Terence, of relapsing into a state.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Terence the passive meant to fall back, relapse into a state or habit.^(OLD 2012) In Virgil it meant to roll something back to where it came from, and to unwind, roll back to the start, as of a book or a story; in Seneca it meant to make travel in a circle, revolve.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to roll back, unroll, unwind, revolve.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''rivolgere'' and Spanish and Portuguese ''revolver'', and through Old French it gave [[en|revolve]] in the late 14th century; its noun ''revolūtiō'' gave [[en|revolution]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of relapsing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of rolling back.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of revolving.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''revolve'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To roll back.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To unwind, unroll.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To make travel in a circle, [[m|en|revolve]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # In the passive, to relapse.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[revolūbilis]]
+ * [[revolūtiō]]
+ * [[revolūtus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[advolvō]]
+ * [[circumvolvō]]
+ * [[convolvō]]
+ * [[dēvolvō]]
+ * [[ēvolvō]]
+ * [[involvō]]
+ * [[obvolvō]]
+ * [[prōvolvō]]
+ * [[subvolvō]]
+ * [[volvō]]
+ * [[en|revolve]]
+ * [[en|revolution]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}