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
- A stringed instrument related to the violin...
Ancestry of “viol”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | viole | — |
| 2 | Old French | viol | — |
| 3 | Old Occitan | viola | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | vitula | stringed instrument |
| 5 | Latin | Vitula | — |
Words derived from “viol”