# envelop

Pronunciation: say "en-VEL-uhp" /ɛnˈvɛləp/

## Verb

1. To surround, enclose, or enfold something.
   - Simple: To cover something completely on every side.
   - _Dark storm clouds began to envelop the mountain peaks._
   - _High stone walls envelop the old town on three sides._

## Origin

It comes from Middle English envolupen, from Old French envoluper ("to wrap up"), built from en- plus voloper ("to wrap"). This traces back through Vulgar Latin to a Proto-Germanic root meaning "to wrap, roll up," and it is a doublet of enwrap, akin to the English word wrap.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/envelop (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).