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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

revolve †turn or roll back or round XIV; turn over in the mind, consider XV; cause to travel in an orbit XVII; intr. XVIII. — L. revolvere, f. RE- + volvere roll, turn.
Hence revolver (-ER1) XIX.

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