involvo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *welH-der.

Proto-Italic *wolwō

Latin volvō

Latin involvō

From in- (“in, at, on”) + volvō (“roll”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈwɔɫ.woː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱˈvɔl.vo]

Verb

involvō (present infinitive involvere, perfect active involvī, supine involūtum); third conjugation

to roll to or upon something
to roll about, wrap up, envelop, involve; cover, overwhelm; curl, coil up; veil
(figuratively) to involve or devote oneself to something

Conjugation

Conjugation of involvō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	involvō	involvis		involvit	involvimus	involvitis		involvunt
	imperfect	involvēbam	involvēbās		involvēbat	involvēbāmus	involvēbātis		involvēbant
	future	involvam	involvēs		involvet	involvēmus	involvētis		involvent
	perfect	involvī	involvistī		involvit	involvimus	involvistis		involvērunt, involvēre
	pluperfect	involveram	involverās		involverat	involverāmus	involverātis		involverant
	future perfect	involverō	involveris		involverit	involverimus	involveritis		involverint
passive	present	involvor	involveris, involvere		involvitur	involvimur	involviminī		involvuntur
	imperfect	involvēbar	involvēbāris, involvēbāre		involvēbātur	involvēbāmur	involvēbāminī		involvēbantur
	future	involvar	involvēris, involvēre		involvētur	involvēmur	involvēminī		involventur
	perfect	involūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	involūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	involūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	involvam	involvās		involvat	involvāmus	involvātis		involvant
	imperfect	involverem	involverēs		involveret	involverēmus	involverētis		involverent
	perfect	involverim	involverīs		involverit	involverīmus	involverītis		involverint
	pluperfect	involvissem	involvissēs		involvisset	involvissēmus	involvissētis		involvissent
passive	present	involvar	involvāris, involvāre		involvātur	involvāmur	involvāminī		involvantur
	imperfect	involverer	involverēris, involverēre		involverētur	involverēmur	involverēminī		involverentur
	perfect	involūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	involūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	involve		—	—	involvite		—
active	future	—	involvitō		involvitō	—	involvitōte		involvuntō
passive	present	—	involvere		—	—	involviminī		—
passive	future	—	involvitor		involvitor	—	—		involvuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		involvere		involvī		involvēns		—
future		involūtūrum esse		involūtum īrī		involūtūrus		involvendus
perfect		involvisse		involūtum esse		—		involūtus
future perfect		—		involūtum fore		—		—
perfect potential		involūtūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		involvendī	involvendō		involvendum	involvendō	involūtum		involūtū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Aromanian: nvolbu
→ English: involve, involute
Franco-Provençal: envoldre
- → French: envoudre
Galician: envolver
Italian: involgere
→ Italian: involvere
Occitan: envòlver, envòlguer
Old French: envoldre, envoudre
- Anglo-Norman: envoldre
→ Old French: involver
- → English: involve
Old Catalan: envoldre
Portuguese: envolver
Romanian: învoalbe
Spanish: envolver

References

“involvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“involvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“involvo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.