WOTD 7-19

[Godspitgrl]

• convoluted         \KAHN-vuh-loo-tud\

• DEFINITION     adjective 
  1 : having many twists and curves
  2 : involved, intricate

• DID YOU KNOW?
• "Convoluted" and "convolution" (a noun referring to a folded, winding shape, such as one of the ridges of the brain) are from Latin "volvere," meaning "to roll." "Volvere" has given English many words, but one of the following is NOT from "volvere." Can you pick it out?
  
  vault   voluminous   volley   voluble   devolve
  
  The path from "vault" to "volvere" leads (rather convolutedly) through Middle English, Anglo-French, and Vulgar Latin to Latin "volutus," past participle of "volvere." "Voluble" meant "rolling easily" before it meant "speaking readily," and "voluminous" first meant "consisting of many folds." "Devolve" ("to pass down," as in "the stewardship devolved upon the son") once meant literally "to roll down." The word that doesn’t belong is "volley." It’s from Latin "volare," meaning "to fly."

[natesmom1228]

Thanks

[Jess1231]

Thankyou

[PurpleHazey]

Thanks I love daily words.

[styler7]

I actually knew this one :)

[nngmommy83]

I plan on using this word today just to try it =)

[alliesmom112]

Thanks. I love learning new stuff

[Samanthamommy]

Thanks!

[mumsy2three]

I knew this one :)

[elasmimi]

Interesting.

[itsallabtthem84]

TFS!