volte-face Bedeutung / volte-face Übersetzung:
a reversal of opinion, 1819, French (17c.), from Italian volta faccia, literally “turn face,” from volta, imperative of voltare “to turn” (from Vulgar Latin *volvita, from Latin volvere “to roll,” from PIE wurzel *begrüßt (3) “drehen, drehen”) + faccia (siehe Gesicht).