What does 'Deus lo volt' mean?

Answer 1

"Deus lo volt" is a Latin phrase that translates to "God wills it" in English. This phrase was famously used during the First Crusade in the 11th century as a rallying cry among Christian knights. It expressed the belief that their military campaign was sanctioned by God.

Answer 2

The English equivalent of the phrase 'Deus lo volt' is the following: God wills it. The word-by-word translation is as follows: 'Deus' means 'God'; 'lo' means 'it'; and 'volt' means '[He] wills'. Linguists describe the phrase as forming part of the vocabulary of medieval Vulgar Latin. Such was the form that resulted from the interaction between the ancient, classical Latin of the ancient Romans and the native languages of the conquered peoples. The phrase has been identified as the battle cry of the Crusaders. But the cry was instead 'Deus vult', in the classical Latin response to the official launching of the First Crusade, in 1095, by Pope Urban II [1042-July 29, 1099].