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Where does “voussoir” come from?

voussoir (English) comes from French voussoir, from Old French vosoir, from Vulgar Latin volsorium, from Latin volsus, from Latin volvō, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.

voussoir (English): One of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones...

Definitions

  1. One of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones...

Ancestry of “voussoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvoussoirvoussoir
2Old Frenchvosoir—
3Vulgar Latinvolsorium—
4Latinvolsus—
5Latinvolvō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-—

Words derived from “voussoir”

  • voussoired
  • voussoiring
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēl- →