Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building. · Any arched ceiling or roof. · Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly caves and the sky or firmament. · The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
To build as, or cover with a vault. · To store in a vault. · To remove (an item, character, etc.) from a video game in an update.
From Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *volŭta, a regularization of Latin volūta (compare modern volute (“spire”)), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn”). Cognate with Spanish vuelta (“turn”) and Portuguese volta ("turn"). Doublet of volute. Displaced native Old English hwealf.
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