Etymology

voluminous

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Full definition →

Late Latin voluminosus
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  1. Late Latin · derived fromvoluminosus
  2. English todayvoluminous

From Late Latin voluminosus, from volumen, from volvō (“roll, turn about”) + -men (noun-forming suffix). Related to volume.

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