Afrikaans ontwikkel | ||
Albanian evoluoj | ||
Amharic በዝግመተ ለውጥ | ||
Arabic تتطور | ||
Armenian զարգանալ | ||
Assamese বিকশিত হোৱা | ||
Aymara kutitatayaña | ||
Azerbaijani inkişaf edir | ||
Bambara ewoliye | ||
Basque eboluzionatu | ||
Belarusian развівацца | ||
Bengali বিকশিত | ||
Bhojpuri विकसित कईल | ||
Bosnian evoluirati | ||
Bulgarian еволюират | ||
Catalan evolucionar | ||
Cebuano nagbag-o | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 发展 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 發展 | ||
Corsican evoluzione | ||
Croatian evoluirati | ||
Czech rozvíjet se | ||
Danish udvikle sig | ||
Dhivehi ދައުރުވުން | ||
Dogri विकसत करना | ||
Dutch evolueren | ||
English evolve | ||
Esperanto evolui | ||
Estonian arenema | ||
Ewe trɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) umunlad | ||
Finnish kehittyä | ||
French évoluer | ||
Frisian evolve | ||
Galician evolucionar | ||
Georgian განვითარება | ||
German entwickeln | ||
Greek αναπτύσσω | ||
Guarani mongakuaa | ||
Gujarati વિકસિત | ||
Haitian Creole evolye | ||
Hausa canzawa | ||
Hawaiian liliuewe | ||
Hebrew לְהִתְפַּתֵחַ | ||
Hindi विकसित करना | ||
Hmong evolve | ||
Hungarian fejlődik | ||
Icelandic þróast | ||
Igbo webata | ||
Ilocano agsabali | ||
Indonesian berkembang | ||
Irish éabhlóidiú | ||
Italian evolvere | ||
Japanese 進化する | ||
Javanese ngrembaka | ||
Kannada ವಿಕಸನ | ||
Kazakh дамиды | ||
Khmer វិវត្ត | ||
Kinyarwanda ihindagurika | ||
Konkani उत्पन्न | ||
Korean 진화하다 | ||
Krio chenj | ||
Kurdish pêşve diçin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) گەشە سەندن | ||
Kyrgyz өнүгүү | ||
Lao ພັດທະນາ | ||
Latin evolve | ||
Latvian attīstīties | ||
Lingala kobongwana | ||
Lithuanian evoliucionuoti | ||
Luganda okukyuuka | ||
Luxembourgish evoluéieren | ||
Macedonian еволуираат | ||
Maithili विकसित | ||
Malagasy mivoatra | ||
Malay berkembang | ||
Malayalam പരിണമിക്കുക | ||
Maltese tevolvi | ||
Maori whanake | ||
Marathi विकसित | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯣꯏꯔꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo chang | ||
Mongolian хөгжинө | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တဖြည်းဖြည်းတိုးတက်ပြောင်းလဲလာ | ||
Nepali विकसित | ||
Norwegian utvikle seg | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kusintha | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବିକାଶ | ||
Oromo bifa jijjiirrachuu | ||
Pashto تکامل | ||
Persian تکامل یابد | ||
Polish ewoluować | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) evoluir | ||
Punjabi ਵਿਕਸਤ | ||
Quechua pintuy | ||
Romanian evolua | ||
Russian развиваться | ||
Samoan evolve | ||
Sanskrit वि- कस् | ||
Scots Gaelic mean-fhàs | ||
Sepedi tšweletša | ||
Serbian еволуирати | ||
Sesotho fetoha | ||
Shona shanduka | ||
Sindhi تخليق ڪيو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පරිණාමය | ||
Slovak vyvíjať sa | ||
Slovenian razvijati | ||
Somali horumariyo | ||
Spanish evolucionar | ||
Sundanese mekar | ||
Swahili toa | ||
Swedish utveckla | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) nagbabago | ||
Tajik таҳаввул | ||
Tamil பரிணாமம் | ||
Tatar үсеш | ||
Telugu పరిణామం | ||
Thai วิวัฒนาการ | ||
Tigrinya መፂኡ | ||
Tsonga ndzundzuluko | ||
Turkish gelişmek | ||
Turkmen ösýär | ||
Twi (Akan) dane | ||
Ukrainian еволюціонувати | ||
Urdu تیار | ||
Uyghur تەرەققىي قىلىدۇ | ||
Uzbek rivojlanmoqda | ||
Vietnamese tiến hóa | ||
Welsh esblygu | ||
Xhosa iguquka | ||
Yiddish יוואַלוו | ||
Yoruba dagbasoke | ||
Zulu ziphenduka |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Ontwikkel can also mean 'to manifest' (e.g. 'The symptoms will develop shortly'). |
| Albanian | Evoluoj also means "to develop gradually and to become more advanced." |
| Amharic | The verb 'evolve' also means 'take turns' and 'alternate.' |
| Arabic | The word "تتطور" in Arabic (evolve) can also mean "to develop" or "to change". |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "զարգանալ" is derived from the Persian word "zargandan", meaning "to grow" or "to bloom". |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "inkişaf edir" (evolve) can also mean "to develop" or "to grow". |
| Basque | In Italian "eboluzionatu" means "evolve", "developed" and sometimes can be an insult. |
| Belarusian | The word развівацца, meaning 'evolve', also means to develop, unfold, or flourish. |
| Bengali | বিকশিত ('evolve') originates from the Sanskrit word 'विकसित' meaning 'expanded' or 'progressed'. |
| Bosnian | Evoluirati derives from the Latin word "evolvere", meaning "to unroll" or "to develop". |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian verb "еволюират" is derived from the Latin word "evolvere", meaning "to unroll" or "to develop gradually". It can also be used to mean "to change" or "to progress" in a more general sense. |
| Catalan | Catalan "evolucionar" comes from Latin "evolutio," meaning "an unrolling" of a scroll. |
| Cebuano | The term nagbag-o is also used figuratively to refer to someone or something that has changed significantly. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "发展" also means develop, extend, or expand in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The Chinese character "發展" can also mean "to unfold" or "to expand". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "evoluzione" also means "a change in the direction of a road or river". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "evoluirati" comes from the Latin word "evolvere," which means "to unroll" or "to develop." |
| Czech | The Czech word "rozvíjet se" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *razviti, meaning "to develop" or "to unfold". |
| Danish | The Danish word "udvikle sig" is derived from "Udvikling" (development) and has a second meaning "to emerge" |
| Dutch | De betekenis van evolueren (evolutie) komt van het Latijnse woord 'evolvere' dat letterlijk 'ontrollen' of 'ontvouwen' betekent. |
| Esperanto | "Evolui" is a Esperanto word and its English equivalent is "evolve". |
| Estonian | The ancient Greek word "arenama" means "virtue". Its Proto-Indo-European root also exists in the English "earthly" and "earnest". |
| Finnish | "Kehittyä" can refer to the physical change of a human being or an animal, or to the mental and spiritual evolution. |
| French | "Évoluer" also means to change, develop, progress. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word 'evolve' can also mean 'to unfold' or 'to develop'. |
| Galician | The verb "evolucionar" comes from the Latin word "evolvere", which means "to unroll" or "to unfold". |
| German | "Entwickeln" in German also means "to develop" or "to unfold". |
| Greek | The word "αναπτύσσω" is also used to describe the growth, development, and unfolding of plants, animals, and other organisms. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "વિકસિત" can also refer to "progress" or "development" in a broad sense. |
| Haitian Creole | The Creole verb evolye is derived from both French évoluer (“evolve,” “change”) and English evolve (“change,” “develop”). |
| Hausa | The word 'canzawa' is a cognate of the Arabic word 'nuzūl', which means 'descent' or 'movement downwards' and also carries connotations of evolution and change. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "liliuewe" is also used to describe a plant's growth or development. |
| Hebrew | The word לְהִתְפַּתֵחַ derives from the root פ-ת-ח, which means "to open" or "to unfold." |
| Hindi | In botany, 'विकसित करना' means to unroll or expand as of a fern from a fiddlehead. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "evolve" (txheeb) can also mean "change" or "transform". |
| Hungarian | Fejlődik can also mean "develop" or "grow", and is related to the word "fejlődés" (development). |
| Icelandic | The word þróast comes from Old Norse, meaning to grow or to develop. |
| Igbo | 'Webata' is related to the Igbo word 'baata', meaning 'to turn'. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "berkembang" is a multifaceted word with roots in the concept of growth and development. |
| Italian | In Italian, the verb "evolvere" can also mean to "unfold" or "develop" in a more general sense. |
| Japanese | 進化する (shinkasuru), meaning "evolve" in English, also means "progress" or "develop" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The word 'ngrembaka' is related to the word 'kembang', which means 'flower' or 'to bloom' in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The word "ವಿಕಸನ" (evolve) derives from the Sanskrit root "vi-kas" meaning "to expand, to open," akin to "vicasana" (disappearance, dissolution). |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "дамиды" (evolve) originates from the Persian word "دگریدن" (to change). |
| Khmer | The word "វិវត្ត" can also refer to the transformation of a Buddhist monk's robe to a higher grade in recognition of their spiritual attainment. |
| Korean | "진화하다"는 고유어 "진보하다"에서 뜻을 따온 한자어입니다. |
| Kyrgyz | Önүгүү is etymologically related to the word "ö" (grow), and can also mean "progress" or "development". |
| Lao | ພັດທະນາ (phattana), a borrowing from Pali meaning 'to evolve, develop or make progress', can refer to the process of developing a person's spiritual capacity in meditation. |
| Latin | The Latin origin of 'evolve' is 'evolvere', which means 'to unroll' or 'to develop'. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word “attīstīties” comes from the root “tīt,” meaning “to wrap around” or “to fold.” |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "evoliucionuoti" is derived from the Latin "evolvere", meaning "to unroll" or "to develop". |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, "еволуираат" can also refer to the evolution of thought, culture, or technology. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "mivoatra" ultimately derives from the Proto-Austronesian word "*pa-tuwar-an" meaning "to change, to transform". |
| Malay | The word "berkembang" can also mean "to grow," "to expand," or "to increase." |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "പരിണമിക്കുക" literally means "to change gradually" and also translates to "evolve" in scientific contexts. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "tevolvi" also means "to develop" in the context of a photographic image. |
| Maori | The word "whanake" derives from the Maori words "whaka" (to make) and "ake" (to rise or grow). |
| Marathi | "विकसित" (evolve) also means 'to bloom' or 'to open up' in Marathi, highlighting the idea of gradual growth and transformation. |
| Mongolian | Хөгжинө's alternate meanings includes 'to improve' and 'to progress'. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The English word "evolve" is derived from the Latin "evolvere", meaning "to unroll" or "to develop". |
| Nepali | The word "विकसित" can also mean "to develop" or "to grow" in some contexts. |
| Norwegian | The word "utvikle seg" is derived from the Old Norse word "útveðja," meaning "to develop" or "to unfold." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, 'kusintha' also means 'to become mature' or 'to grow up'. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "تکامل" also means "progress" or "development". |
| Persian | "تکامل یابد" is an Arabic term often used in Persian to describe both evolution and revolution. |
| Polish | In Polish, "ewoluować" can also mean "to change over time" or "to develop gradually", not just in a biological sense. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Portuguese evoluir can also mean 'issue' or 'develop' as in the expression 'evoluir um título' ('issue a security'). |
| Punjabi | It can also mean 'to expand' or 'to become large'. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "evolua" is derived from the Latin "evolvere", meaning "to unroll" or "to unfold". |
| Russian | Also means “to unfold”, “to develop”, “to blossom” in Russian. |
| Samoan | The word "evolve" has the alternate meaning of "to grow or change gradually" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | Mean-fhàs is a term borrowed from Old Norse through Scottish Gaelic loanwords, and its original meaning was a 'change of place' |
| Serbian | The term 'Еволуирати' ('evolve' in Serbian) derives from the Latin word 'evolvere,' meaning 'to unroll or unfold.' It carries a broader connotation than its English counterpart and encompasses both biological evolution and the development of ideas and concepts. |
| Sesotho | Fetoha derives from the noun fothoho, 'opening or beginning', which may account for its sense of 'unveiling' in some contexts. |
| Shona | "Shidhuka" also means "to change" in Shona, referring to the evolving nature of the world. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "تخليق ڪيو" is derived from the Arabic word "خلق" (khalaq), which means "to create" or "to bring into being". |
| Slovak | "Vyvíjať sa" comes from the Old Church Slavonic word "vyti" meaning "to lead out, bring forth" and was adopted into Slovak through Church Slavonic in the 19th century. |
| Slovenian | In Croatian, "razvijati" primarily means "to develop" and "to unfold". |
| Somali | Horumariyo in Somali can also mean "to emerge", "to rise", "to appear", "to be born", "to come into being", or "to come from". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "evolucionar" also means to develop, improve, or change for the better. |
| Sundanese | The word "mekar" in Sundanese also means "to bloom" or "to open up", similar to its Malay counterpart "mekar" which refers to flowers. |
| Swahili | "Toa" also means "to produce" or "to create". |
| Swedish | "Utveckla" also means to "develop" in the sense of bringing something to a more advanced state |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Nagbabago is also used to describe a person's mood changing for the worse or to describe something turning sour. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "таҳаввул" can also mean "transform" or "change". |
| Tamil | The word 'பரிணாமம்' also means 'a change' or 'development' in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "పరిణామం" not only refers to biological evolution, but also encompasses the concepts of gradual change and development in general. |
| Thai | วิวัฒนาการ is also used to describe the development of ideas or processes. |
| Turkish | The term "gelişmek" in Turkish is derived from the verb "gelmek" meaning "to come", suggesting a gradual and dynamic process of "coming to be" or "becoming something different". |
| Ukrainian | The word "еволюціонувати" (evolve) in Ukrainian can also mean "to develop" or "to change gradually over time". |
| Urdu | The word "تیار" is derived from the Arabic word "طور", meaning "form" or "shape", and has alternate meanings of "to prepare" or "to get ready". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "rivojlanmoqda" is derived from the Persian word "rivoj" meaning "progress" or "advancement." |
| Vietnamese | "Tiền hóa" is also a Vietnamese word meaning "progress" or "development". |
| Welsh | The word 'esblygu' in Welsh can also mean 'to escape' or 'to avoid'. |
| Xhosa | 'Iguquka' can also mean 'develop intellect' or 'be civilized' in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "יוואַלוו" "evolve" comes from the Hebrew word "התפתח" "develop". |
| Yoruba | The term 'dagbasoke,' meaning 'evolve' in Yoruba, refers to a transformation in both its literal and figurative senses. |
| Zulu | "Ziphenduka" also means "reborn" or "renewed" in Zulu. |
| English | The word "evolve" derives from the Latin "evolvere", meaning "to unroll" or "to unfold." |