Where does “viola” come from?
viola (Romanian) comes from Italian Viola, from Italian -one, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
viola (Romanian): to violate; to rape
Definitions
- to violate; to rape
Ancestry of “viola”, step by step
viola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian Viola
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | Viola | purple, violet |
| 2 | Italian | -one | Alterative suffix used to form augmentatives;... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via French violer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | violer | To violate; To rape, to have sex with an... |