Where does “boltă” come from?
boltă (Romanian) comes from Irish bolta, from English volt, from French volte, from Italian volta, from Vulgar Latin volta, from Latin volatus, from Latin volō, from Proto-Italic gʷelāō — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
boltă (Romanian): arch; vault; cupola, dome
Definitions
- arch; vault; cupola, dome
Ancestry of “boltă”, step by step
boltă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish bolta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | bolta | bolt |
| 2 | English | volt | In the International System of Units, the derived... |
| 3 | French | volte | — |
| 4 | Italian | volta | time, instance, occasion; turn; vault |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | volta | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of voltum |
| 6 | Latin | volatus | flown, having been flown; flying; flight |
| 7 | Latin | volō | to wish, to please |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | gʷelāō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelh₁-éh₂-ye-ti | to throw, raise the arm |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via Hungarian bolt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | bolt | shop, store; vault |