myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of revolver

Etymology of the Spanish word revolver

the Spanish word revolver

derived from the Latin word revolvere (throw back, roll back)

using the Latin prefix re-

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-