Where does “volume” come from?
volume (Dutch) comes from Middle French volume, from Old French volume, from Latin volūmen, from Latin volvō, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.
volume (Dutch): volume
Ancestry of “volume”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | volume | — |
| 2 | Old French | volume | volume, specifically a collection of written... |
| 3 | Latin | volūmen | — |
| 4 | Latin | volvō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wēl- | — |
Words derived from “volume”