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Where does “volo” come from?

volo (Italian) comes from Italian volare, from Latin volō, from Proto-Italic gʷelāō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷelh₁-éh₂-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

volo (Italian): flight; first-person singular present of volare

Definitions

  1. flight; first-person singular present of volare

Ancestry of “volo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvolareto fly; to go quickly
2Latinvolō—
3Proto-Italicgʷelāō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷelh₁-éh₂-ye-tito throw, raise the arm
5Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

Words derived from “volo”

  • voli
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH- →