envelop

Meaning

To surround or enclose.

Synonyms

cover

wrap

surround

enclose

enfold

pack

enwrap

shroud

wrap up

encompass

engulf

enshroud

encircle

pervade

clothe

hem in

coat

🧥

screen

sheathe

coil

circumscribe

veil

overlay

cover up

hide

letter

invest

involve

kink

lick

magnanimous

mantle

mask

😷

overspread

overwhelm

package

📦

put on

ring

💍

sheath

shut

smear

swallow

vesture

wind

wrap round

wreathe

close in on

cover over

spread over

spread through

embay

cover completely

contain

querl

back up

bathe

brace

bury

cloak

close up

cloud

☁️

cocoon

conceal

correspondence

curtain

daub

drape

dress

👗

embrace

encase

ensnare

entwine

envelope

✉️

fill

flash

fold

hang over

inclose

inlay

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛnˈvɛləp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: envolupen

Cognate with Italian: viluppare

Cognate with Middle English: wlappen

Cognate with Middle Dutch: lappen

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Middle Low German: wrempen

In summary

From Middle English envolupen, from Old French anveloper, envoluper (modern French envelopper), from en- + voloper, vloper (“to wrap, wrap up”) (compare Italian -viluppare; Old Italian alternative form goluppare (“to wrap”)) from Vulgar Latin *vuloppare (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlappaną, *wrappaną (“to wrap, roll up, turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, bend”) http://www.wordnik.com/words/envelop. 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, embrace”), Danish dialectal vravle (“to wind, twist”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, distort”), Old English wearp (“warp”). Doublet of enwrap.