Where does “volubility” come from?
Volubility comes from French volubilité, from Latin volubilitas, derived from Latin volvo meaning to roll or turn, traced to Proto-Indo-European wel-.
volubility (English): the state of being voluble; the degree to which...
Definitions
- the state of being voluble; the degree to which...
Ancestry of “volubility”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | volubilitas | a rapid whirling motion; rapidity, fluency,... |
| 2 | Latin | volūbilis | — |
| 3 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |