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volvere
Latin · ancient
"to roll"
to roll, giving rise to volumen (a roll, a scroll)
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volumen
Latin · ancient
"a roll of writing, a scroll"
a roll of writing, a scroll, from volvere
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volume
Old French · medieval
"a scroll or bound book"
carried into French for a scroll or bound book
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volume
English · 1400s
"a book, or an amount of space or loudness"
settled as the English word for a book, or an amount of space or loudness
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