volume

The word volume comes from Latin volumen (denoting a written scroll), and volumen itself is a noun related to the verb volvere (to roll) because a volumen would be unrolled and re-rolled in the process of being read. I like how volume--referring to a written work presented in book format--contains an historical reminder that there used to be another technology for disseminating the written word.

Jack Kerouac's first draft of On the Road was typed as a kind of scroll. As he was working at his typewriter, Kerouac taped together pieces of paper so that the entire text is on one long sheet. You can see a picture at http://www.ontheroad.org/. The Kerouac scroll differs from an ancient scroll in that an ancient volumen has writing in multiple columns and each column runs along the width of the scroll, not along its entire length. The Jewish Torah is still written that way:

sources: AHD, OED, and public domain image (in the US) from Wikipedia