English
viola
Viola comes from Latin viola ‘violet’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEviola‘violet’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEviola‘violet’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin viola ‘violet’
Another origin of viola
- Frankishc. 250–700*fiþulā‘violin, fiddle’uncertain
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500vitula‘stringed instrument’
- Old Occitanc. 950–1500viola
- Italianc. 1300–presentsame form
- Englishtodaysame form
Today it means
noun Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin viola / viola