Viola
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early 18th century: from Italian and Spanish; compare with viol.
wiktionary
From Italian viola, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin vitula(“stringed instrument”). Doublet of viol.
From Latin viola(“violet”).
viola
etymonline
viola (n.)
"tenor violin," 1797, from Italian viola, from Old Provençal viola, from Medieval Latin vitula "stringed instrument," perhaps from Vitula, Roman goddess of joy (see fiddle), or from related Latin verb vitulari "to exult, be joyful." Viola da gamba "bass viol" (1724) is from Italian, literally "a viola for the leg" (i.e. to hold between the legs).
Viola
fem. proper name, from Latin viola "the violet" (see violet).
