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volley

VOL-ee · noun

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Origin

Volley comes from Middle French volée, meaning "flight," which traces back to Vulgar Latin volta and Late Latin volatus.

Journey

The word carried the idea of flight through each stage of its borrowing, from Late Latin volatus to Vulgar Latin volta to Middle French volée, before settling into English.

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The facts given don't point to a specific English cognate, so none can be claimed here.

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