Where does “voluble” come from?
Voluble derives from Middle French volubile, from Latin volubilis meaning "rolling or turning," from Latin volvo meaning "to roll," tracing to Proto-Indo-European wel- and welH-.
voluble (English): Fluent or having a ready flow of speech;...
Definitions
- Fluent or having a ready flow of speech;...
Ancestry of “voluble”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | volubile | inconstant, variable; changeable; movable; moving |
| 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;... |