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Where does “volum” come from?

volum (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin volūmen, from Latin volvō, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.

volum (Norwegian Nynorsk): volume

Definitions

  1. volume

Ancestry of “volum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvolūmen—
2Latinvolvō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēl- →