desarrollar

/desaroˈʝaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to develop

📜 des + arrollar = un + roll up: to develop is to unroll

Arrollar means to roll up, and des- undoes it, like des- in deshacer (to undo). To develop something is to unroll what was rolled up. English develop works the same way: de- plus Old French voloper, to wrap.

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