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English word volume comes from Proto-Indo-European *welw-, and later Latin volvo (I roll, tumble.)

*welw- (Proto-Indo-European)

volvo (Latin)

I roll, tumble.

volumen (Latin)

(poetic) fold, coil, whirl. Book, volume, roll, scroll. Revolution, turn.

volume (Old French)

Volume, specifically a collection of written works.

volume (English)

(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 [...]

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