devolvo Latin · revision 9275

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Caesar|origins=ine-pro *welH-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [deːˈwɔɫ.woː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [deˈvɔl.vo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēvolvō''' (present infinitive dēvolvere, perfect active dēvolvī, supine dēvolūtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dē-]] “down” and [[volvō]] “to roll”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨volvō⟩ to Proto-Italic ⟨*welu-⟩ “to wind”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Caesar, who has ''saxa in mūsculum dēvolvere'' “to roll rocks down onto the siege shed”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Caesar c. 50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to roll down, as in Caesar, and in the passive to roll or tumble down, as in Catullus.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short add figurative uses, sinking or falling into a state.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It survives in Italian ''devolvere'' and Spanish ''devolver''.^(Wiktionary) It gave [[en|devolve]] in the mid-15th century, first “to roll downward”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses the passive.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''devolve'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To roll down.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (passive) To roll or tumble down; to sink into.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[advolvō]]

+ * [[circumvolvō]]

+ * [[convolvō]]

+ * [[ēvolvō]]

+ * [[involvō]]

+ * [[obvolvō]]

+ * [[prōvolvō]]

+ * [[revolvō]]

+ * [[subvolvō]]

+ * [[volvō]]

+ * [[en|devolve]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}