Vault Definition

Origin of Vault

• Middle English vaute from Old French from Vulgar Latin volvita, volta from feminine of *volvitus arched alteration of Latin volūtus past participle of volvere to roll wel-² in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *volÅ­ta, a regularization of volÅ«ta (compare modern volute (“spire")), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn").

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• Obsolete French volter from Old French from Old Italian voltare from Vulgar Latin volvitāre frequentative of Latin volvere to turn, roll wel-² in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Middle French volter (“to turn or spin around; to frolic"), borrowed from Italian voltare, itself from a Vulgar Latin frequentative form of Latin volvere; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.

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