Where does “vaulty” come from?
vaulty (English) comes from English vault, from Middle French volter, from Italian voltare, from Vulgar Latin *volvitare, from Latin volvere, from Latin volvo, from Proto-Indo-European welw-, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH- — to turn, to wind.
vaulty (English): Arched; concave
Definitions
- Arched; concave
Ancestry of “vaulty”, step by step
vaulty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vault
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vault | An arched masonry structure supporting and... |
| 2 | Middle French | volter | to turn or spin around; to frolic |
| 3 | Italian | voltare | to turn; to flip; to make turn; to rotate |
| 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 |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |