"I am referring to the root for the word evolve.
It means to roll or unroll."
Evolution is actually an unfortunate term for the process. Darwin used the term *transmutation*, which is more accurate.
That being said, the roots of the word are irrelevant because the meaning of the word has changed. In biology evolution is not used as *unrolling*.
Someone seems to have succeded in unraveling the thread, not that it was worth saving.