Vault

Morpheme

Vault

Type

free base

Denotation

arched, bowed

Etymology

Middle English vaute, vowte; Old French voute, volte; Latin volūta, from volvere

Evidence

vault, vaulted, vaulter, vaultier, vaultiest, vaulting, vaultingly, vaultlike, vaults, vaulty

Notes

<l> restored c.1400 analogous to fault, sault