Where does “volt” come from?
Volt comes from French volte, from Italian volta, from Latin volta, derived from the past participle of Latin volvere, meaning to turn or roll, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-.
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Ancestry of “volt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | volte | — |
| 2 | Italian | volta | time, instance, occasion; turn; vault |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | volta | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of voltum |
| 4 | Latin | volatus | flown, having been flown; flying; flight |
| 5 | Latin | volō | to wish, to please |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gʷelāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelh₁-éh₂-ye-ti | to throw, raise the arm |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |