Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “volume” come from?

volume (Old French) comes from Latin volūmen, from Latin volvō, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.

volume (Old French): volume, specifically a collection of written...

Definitions

  1. volume, specifically a collection of written...

Ancestry of “volume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvolūmen—
2Latinvolvō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-—

Words derived from “volume”

  • volume
  • volumetric
  • hypovolemia
  • multivolume
  • volumetrically
  • volumed
  • hypervolume
  • isovolumetric
  • isovolumic
  • volumetry
  • normovolemic
  • biovolume
  • subvolume
  • euvolemia
  • volumic
  • volumeter
  • normovolemia
  • microvolume
  • volumeless
  • isovolume
  • volumizer
  • nonvolumetric
  • volumetrical
  • volumize
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