convulse
Meaningto tear violently
Common meaning: to shake violently
- conwith, together; thoroughly
- vulsto pluck, tearLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1965 · scan
‘with, together’ + ‘to pluck, tear’ → convulse
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin vellō ‘to pluck, tear’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vellō, p. 1965 · dictionary scan
Roots
- vellō, -ere, vulsum Latin “to pluck, tear”
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