convolve

English

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *welH-der.
Proto-Italic *wolwō
Latin volvō
Latin convolvōbor.
English convolve

    Borrowed from Latin convolvere (“roll together”), from con- (“together”) + volvō (“roll”); see voluble, volute, and compare involve, evolve, revolve.

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    convolve (third-person singular simple present convolves, present participle convolving, simple past and past participle convolved)

    1. (transitive) To roll together, or one part on another
    2. (mathematics) To form the convolution of something with something else
    3. (computing) To compute the convolution function

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    Italian

    Verb

    convolve

    1. third-person singular present indicative of convolvere

    Latin

    Verb

    convolve

    1. second-person singular present active imperative of convolvō
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