Viola Definition
- genus Viola
A town in Arkansas.
A town in Delaware.
A village in Illinois.
A city in Kansas.
Other Word Forms of Viola
Noun
Origin of Viola
Italian from Old Italian from Old Provençal a kind of early viol ultimately of imitative origin (probably back formation from violar to play the viol) (from viu sound imitative of a hurdy-gurdy or viol)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Italian from Old Italian from Old Provençal a kind of early viol ultimately of imitative origin (probably back formation from violar to play the viol) (from viu sound imitative of a hurdy-gurdy or viol)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Italian viola, from Old Provençal viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin *vitula (“stringed instrument").
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Middle English from Latin Greek ion (both Greek and Latin from a common unknown Mediterranean source)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Latin Greek ion (both Greek and Latin from a common unknown Mediterranean source)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin viola (“violet").
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From Latin viola (“violet")
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