Where does “boltișoară” come from?
boltișoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian boltă, from Irish bolta, from English volt, from French volte, from Italian volta, from Vulgar Latin volta, from Latin volatus, from Latin volō — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
Ancestry of “boltișoară”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | boltă | arch; vault; cupola, dome |
| 2 | Irish | bolta | bolt |
| 3 | English | volt | In the International System of Units, the derived... |
| 4 | French | volte | — |
| 5 | Italian | volta | time, instance, occasion; turn; vault |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | volta | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of voltum |
| 7 | Latin | volatus | flown, having been flown; flying; flight |
| 8 | Latin | volō | to wish, to please |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | gʷelāō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelh₁-éh₂-ye-ti | to throw, raise the arm |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |