Where does “volūmen” come from?

volūmen (Latin) comes from Latin volvō, from Proto-Indo-European wēl- — to see, perceive.

volūmen (Latin): book, volume, roll, scroll

Definitions

  1. book, volume, roll, scroll

Ancestry of “volūmen”, step by step

volūmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin volvō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvolvōto roll, tumble
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive

via Proto-Italic *welūmən

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*welūmən—

Words derived from “volūmen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēl- →Every word from Latin volvō →