Where does “volume” come from?

Volume comes from Old French volume, from Latin volumen, a noun formed with the suffix -men from the verb root wel- meaning "to turn," with the nominal suffix -mn̥ in Proto-Indo-European.

volume (English): A three-dimensional measure of space that...

Definitions

  1. A three-dimensional measure of space that...

Ancestry of “volume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishvolume
2Old Frenchvolumevolume, specifically a collection of written...
3Latinvolūmenbook, volume, roll, scroll
4Latinvolvōto roll, tumble
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive

Words derived from “volume

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēl-