Where does “Viola” come from?
Viola (Italian) comes from Old Occitan viola, from Medieval Latin vitula, from Latin Vitula — the Roman goddess of joy and victory. See.
Viola (Italian): purple, violet
Ancestry of “Viola”, step by step
Viola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Occitan viola
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | viola | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | vitula | stringed instrument |
| 3 | Latin | Vitula | the Roman goddess of joy and victory. See |
via Latin viola
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | viola | violet; second-person singular present active... |
| 2 | Latin | violo | I treat with violence; I maltreat; I violate,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
Words derived from “Viola”