Where does “voltige” come from?
voltige (Dutch) comes from French voltige, from French voltiger, from Italian volteggiare, from Italian -eggiare, from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō — he, she.
voltige (Dutch): equestrian vaulting
Definitions
- equestrian vaulting
Ancestry of “voltige”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | voltige | aerobatics |
| 2 | French | voltiger | to flutter; to fly, to take a plane |
| 3 | Italian | volteggiare | to circle, hover; to spin, gyrate; to vault |
| 4 | Italian | -eggiare | Used to form verbs from adjectives or nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -izāre | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |