volant

英 ['vəʊlənt] 美 ['volənt]
  • adj. 迅速的;会飞的;飞行的
  • n. (Volant)人名;(法)沃朗

英文词源


volant (adj.)
"flying," c. 1500, from Middle French volant "able to fly," from Latin volantem (nominative volans), present participle of volare "to fly," of unknown origin. French voler, literally "to fly," in 16c. acquired a sense of "to steal," via the transitive meaning "to make fly."

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