devolvement

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *welH-der.

Proto-Italic *wolwō

Latin volvō

Latin dēvolvōbor.

English devolve

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -mentbor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English devolvement

From devolve + -ment.

Noun

devolvement (countable and uncountable, plural devolvements)

1. The act or process of devolving.

   Synonym: devolution

   1. (banking, India) A process whereby if an investment issue is undersubscribed, an underwriter is required to subscribe to the remaining shares; the outstanding unsubscribed amount devolves onto the underwriter.