English
volta
Volta comes from Italian volta ‘time, instance, occasion’, and goes back to Vulgar Latin *volŭta ‘a spiral scroll’.
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*volŭta‘a spiral scroll’reconstructed
- Vulgar Latin, derivedc. 100–700 CE*voltareconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentvolta‘time, instance, occasion’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*volŭta‘a spiral scroll’reconstructed
- Vulgar Latin, derivedc. 100–700 CE*voltareconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentvolta‘time, instance, occasion’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025same form
Earliest quotation: 2025, Tanjil Rashid, Finding their religion: “[…][Larmona] Ash describes how “conversion arrives like a volta…”
Linked words
through Vulgar Latin *volta
Today it means
noun A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Vulgar Latin *volŭta / volta