Etymology of the English word revolver
the English word
revolverderived from the English word
revolvederived from the Latin word
revolvere (throw back, roll back)
derived from the Classical Latin word
volvere (to roll; envelop, wrap up; unroll; roll along, forward; move sinuously; roll, cause to roll; travel in circle)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wel-using the Latin prefix
re-using the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
Derivations in other languages
Spanish
revólverCognates
Dutch
revolver, French
revolver, German
Revolver, Lithuanian
revolveris, Norwegian
revolver, Polish
rewolwer, Russian
peвoльвep, Swedish
revolverUsage
Word found in Modern English
