evolver

English

Etymology tree

English evolve

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzijos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English evolver

From evolve + -er.

evolver (plural evolvers)

Someone or something that evolves.
- 1983, Alan Hayward, God's truth, page 254:
  This animal may be a fast runner, but it has been a dreadfully slow evolver.

Probably borrowed from Latin ēvolvere. Doublet of evoluir.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.vowˈve(ʁ)/ [e.voʊ̯ˈve(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.vowˈve(ɾ)/ [e.voʊ̯ˈve(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.vowˈve(ʁ)/ [e.voʊ̯ˈve(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /e.vowˈve(ɻ)/ [e.voʊ̯ˈve(ɻ)]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.volˈveɾ/ [i.voɫˈveɾ], /i.vɔlˈveɾ/ [i.vɔɫˈveɾ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.bolˈbeɾ/ [i.βoɫˈβeɾ], /i.bɔlˈbeɾ/ [i.βɔɫˈβeɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.volˈve.ɾi/ [i.voɫˈve.ɾi], /i.vɔlˈve.ɾi/ [i.vɔɫˈve.ɾi]

evolver (first-person singular present evolvo, first-person singular preterite evolvi, past participle evolvido)

Conjugation of evolver (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)