Where does “boltire” come from?
boltire (Romanian) comes from Romanian bolti, from Romanian boltă, from Irish bolta, from English volt, from French volte, from Italian volta, from Vulgar Latin volta, from Latin volatus — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
boltire (Romanian): vaulting
Definitions
- vaulting
Ancestry of “boltire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | bolti | to build an arch, a vault or a dome |
| 2 | Romanian | boltă | arch; vault; cupola, dome |
| 3 | Irish | bolta | bolt |
| 4 | English | volt | In the International System of Units, the derived... |
| 5 | French | volte | — |
| 6 | Italian | volta | time, instance, occasion; turn; vault |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | volta | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of voltum |
| 8 | Latin | volatus | flown, having been flown; flying; flight |
| 9 | Latin | volō | to wish, to please |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | gʷelāō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelh₁-éh₂-ye-ti | to throw, raise the arm |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |