Where does “Viola” come from?

Viola comes from Latin viola, a stringed instrument whose ultimate origin is unknown.

Viola (English): Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies

Definitions

  1. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies

Ancestry of “Viola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianViolapurple, violet
2Italian-oneAlterative suffix used to form augmentatives;...
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “Viola”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Italian -one →