volar

/boˈlaɾ/ · A2 · verb

to fly, to fly away

🐦✈️ volar → volley: a volleyball is a ball kept flying (Latin volare, to fly)

From Latin volare, to fly. English kept the root in volley (a ball hit while still flying) and volatile (quick to fly off or blow up). Spanish v sounds like b, so say bo-LAR. The blow up sense matches volatile.

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