Etymology

From Middle French desveloper, from Old French desveloper from des- +‎ voloper, veloper, vloper "to wrap, wrap up" (compare Italian -viluppare, Old Italian alternate form goluppare "to wrap") from Vulgar Latin base *vlopp-, *wlopp- "to wrap" from Proto-Germanic *wrappan-, *wlappan- ‎(“to wrap, roll up, turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- ‎(“to turn, bend”) . Akin to Middle English wlappen ‎(“to wrap, fold”) (Modern English lap "to wrap, involve, fold"), Middle English wrappen ‎(“to wrap”), Middle Dutch lappen ‎(“to wrap up”), Danish dialectal vravle "to wind, twist", Middle Low German wrempen "to wrinkle, scrunch, distort", Old English wearp ‎(“warp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.vlɔ.pe/