Where does “Volta” come from?
Volta comes from Portuguese volta, from Old Portuguese voltar meaning to turn, from Vulgar Latin voltare, from Latin volutare, from Latin volvo meaning to roll or turn, from Proto-Indo-European wel-.
Volta (English): A turning; a time chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated
Definitions
- A turning; a time chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated
Ancestry of “Volta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | volta | return; a bend in a course, line, pipe, etc;... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | volta | turnaround; revolt |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | voltar | to turn around |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *volvitare | — |
| 5 | Latin | volvere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | volvo | I roll, tumble |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | welw- | hair, wool, grass, ear , forest; to turn, wind,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | to roll, to undulate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |