English word volume comes from Proto-Indo-European *welw-, and later Latin volvo (I roll, tumble.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *welw- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| volvo | Latin (lat) | I roll, tumble. |
| volumen | Latin (lat) | (poetic) fold, coil, whirl. Book, volume, roll, scroll. Revolution, turn. |
| volume | Old French (fro) | Volume, specifically a collection of written works. |
| volume | English (en) | (computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.. (economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.. A bound book.. A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.. A unit of [...] |