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English word velocity comes from Latin velox (Swift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy.)
velox (Latin)
Swift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy.
velocitas (Latin)
Speed, velocity, swiftness, rapidity, fleetness.
vélocité (Middle French)
velocity (English)
(economics) The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.. (physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, or a speed with the directional component.. Rapidity of motion.. The rate of occurrence.