Where does “viola” come from?

viola (French) comes from French violer, from Latin violo, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

viola (French): third-person singular past historic of violer

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of violer

Ancestry of “viola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchviolerTo violate; To rape, to have sex with an...
2LatinvioloI treat with violence; I maltreat; I violate,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →Every word from Latin violo →Every word from French violer →