Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French envoluper, from en- +‎ voluper ‎(“to wrap, wrap up”) (compare Italian -viluppare; Old Italian alternate form goluppare ‎(“to wrap”)) from Vulgar Latin base *vlopp- ‎(“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wrappaną, *wlappaną ‎(“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”), Danish dialectal vravle "to wind, twist", Middle Low German wrempen "to wrinkle, distort", Old English wearp ‎(“warp”). More at in, wrap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃v.lɔ.pe/