Words that come from Latin vello

148 words across 19 languages descend from Latin vello — including convulsive, convulsion, convulsively, electroconvulsive, convulse, svelte, nonconvulsive, anticonvulsive.

See the etymology of vello itself →

Latin (42)

English (37)

Italian (25)

Spanish (10)

French (7)

Romanian (7)

Portuguese (6)

Catalan (2)

Istriot (2)

Asturian (1)

Galician (1)

Greek (1)

Norman (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Dutch (1)

Indonesian (1)

Polish (1)

Tagalog (1)

Esperanto (1)