Where does “volute” come from?
Volute comes from French volute, from Italian voluta, from Latin voluta, the feminine past participle of volvere, meaning to roll or turn, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European welH-.
volute (English): The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic...
Definitions
- The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic...
Ancestry of “volute”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | volute | volute; scroll |
| 2 | Italian | voluta | feminine singular of voluto; spiral, volute,... |
| 3 | Latin | volūta | a spiral scroll |
| 4 | Latin | volvere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | volvo | I roll, tumble |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | welw- | hair, wool, grass, ear , forest; to turn, wind,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | to roll, to undulate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |