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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1382|origins=la volvō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈvɒl.juːm/, US /ˈvɑːl.juːm/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|volum]],^(MWU 2024)^(Hoad 1986) [[bor|fro|volume|t=scroll, book; size]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) and directly [[der|la|volūmen|t=roll of writing, coil]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) literally “that which is rolled”,^(Etymonline) from [[m|la|volvere|t=to turn, roll]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[ine-pro|*wel-|t=to turn, revolve]].^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) Latin volvere is cognate with Gothic -walwjan and Old English wealwian “to roll”.^(Barnhart 1988) It is related to [[revolve]] and [[voluble]].^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A roll of parchment containing writing, a large book: before 1382, in the Wycliffe Bible.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) A bound book is from about 1380 in the OED^(OED 1989) and the late 14th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Ancient books were rolled documents, and the word kept that historical sense.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) One book of a set is from 1523, from that sense in French.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The bulk or size of a book is from 1530,^(Barnhart 1988) and following the French word this led to “a rounded solid mass” (1620s) and “bulk, amount, quantity” (1621 in Barnhart, the 1640s in Etymonline).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) ''Speak volumes'' is from 1803.^(OED 1989) In science, the size of a thing in three dimensions is by 1791.^(Etymonline) Loudness or amount of sound is first found in Byron (1822),^(Barnhart 1988) and in radio use the ''volume control'' appears in the 1920s.^(Etymonline) The verb, “to pour out in volumes”, is from 1815.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1382 – a roll; a book.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1523 – one book of a set.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1530 – the size of a book.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1621 – bulk, quantity.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1791 – size in three dimensions.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1803 – ''speak volumes''.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1815 – verb.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1822 – loudness.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A book, especially one of a set.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A series of issues of a [[periodical]], usually for one year.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # The amount of space occupied by something in three dimensions.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # An amount or quantity: ''the volume of traffic''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # The loudness of a sound.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # ''(computing)'' A storage unit such as a disk.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[volumed]]

+ * [[multivolume]]

+ * [[volumeter]]

+ * [[volumetric]]

+ * [[voluminous]]

+ * [[atomic volume]]

+ * [[molar volume]]

+ * [[specific volume]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[revolve]]

+ * [[voluble]]

+ * [[vault]]

+ * [[wallow]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In Devon dialect ''vellum'', a form of ''volume'', meant “a large quantity”.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}