envelop
English
/ɛnˈvɛləp/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To surround or enclose.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English envolupen derived from Old French anveloper derived from Latin *vuloppare derived from Proto-Germanic *wlappaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (turn, bend, twist, wind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*werb-
Gloss
turn, bend, twist, wind
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
風
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disenvelop English
- disenvelopment English
- enveloper English
- envelopest English
- envelopeth English
- *vuloppare Latin
- verber Latin
- lappen Dutch, Flemish
- ῥάπτω Ancient Greek
- *werb- Proto-Indo-European
- *werbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *warpą Proto-Germanic
- *werpaną Proto-Germanic
- *wlappaną Proto-Germanic
- *wrappan- Proto-Germanic
- *wrappaną Proto-Germanic
- *wurpiz Proto-Germanic
- *wlappan Old English
- envolupen Middle English
- wlappen Middle English
- anveloper Old French
- lappen Middle Dutch
- *awa-rapa Proto-Albanian