
2) A vault is often built in whereas a safe can be freestanding. Both safes and vaults are used to keep valuables locked away and safe. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit valate "turns round," ulvam "womb, vulva " Lithuanian valtis "twine, net," vilnis "wave," apvalus "round " Old Church Slavonic valiti "roll, welter," vlŭna "wave " Greek eluein "to roll round, wind, enwrap," eilein "twist, turn, squeeze revolve, rotate," helix "spiral object " Latin volvere "to turn, twist " Gothic walwjan "to roll " Old English wealwian "roll," weoloc "whelk, spiral-shelled mollusk " Old High German walzan "to roll, waltz " Old Irish fulumain "rolling " Welsh olwyn "wheel. The relationship between safes and vaults reminds me of this. Most of the money was in storage in bank vaults. : to leap over especially : to leap over by or as if by aid of the hands or a pole. 2 : to do or achieve something as if by a leap vaulted to sudden prominence. in a church or public building, or a ceiling or roof supported by several of these arches vault noun C (ROOM) a room, esp.

1 : to leap vigorously especially : to execute a leap using the hands or a pole. vault noun C us / vlt / vault noun C (ARCH) a type of arch that supports a roof or ceiling, esp.

It forms all or part of: archivolt circumvolve convoluted convolution devolve elytra evolution evolve Helicon helicopter helix helminth lorimer ileus involve revolt revolution revolve valve vault (v.1) "jump or leap over " vault (n.1) "arched roof or ceiling " volte-face voluble volume voluminous volute volvox volvulus vulva wale walk wallet wallow waltz well (v.) "to spring, rise, gush " welter whelk willow. A vault is a secure room where money and other valuable things can be kept safely. Definition of vault (Entry 3 of 4) intransitive verb. Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to turn, revolve," with derivatives referring to curved, enclosing objects.
