Where does “viol” come from?

Viol comes from Middle French viole, from Old French viol, from Old Occitan viola, from Latin vitula, from Latin vitulus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wet-.

viol (English): A stringed instrument related to the violin...

Definitions

  1. A stringed instrument related to the violin...

Ancestry of “viol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchviole—
2Old Frenchviol—
3Old Occitanviola—
4Medieval Latinvitulastringed instrument
5LatinVitulathe Roman goddess of joy and victory. See

Words derived from “viol”

Every word from Latin Vitula →Every word from Medieval Latin vitula →Every word from Old Occitan viola →