Evolve

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early 17th century (in the general sense ‘make more complex, develop’): from Latin evolvere, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out of’ + volvere ‘to roll’.

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Borrowed from Latin ēvolvō(“unroll, unfold”), from ē-(“out of”) (short form of ex) + volvō(“roll”).

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evolve (v.)

1640s, "to unfold, open out, expand," from Latin evolvere "to unroll, roll out, roll forth, unfold," especially of books; figuratively "to make clear, disclose; to produce, develop," from assimilated form of ex "out" (see ex-) + volvere "to roll," from PIE root *wel- (3) "to turn, revolve." Meaning "to develop by natural processes to a higher state" is from 1832. Related: Evolved; evolving.