The story
- Latin · derived fromvolūbilis“rolling”
- Middle French · derived fromvolubile
- English todayvolubile
From Middle French volubile, from Latin volūbilis (“rolling”), from volvō (“to roll”). Doublet of voluble.
Words from the same roots
Middle Frenchvolubile all →
voluble
Latinvolūbilis all →
voluble
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.