Words that come from Latin vello

103 words across 13 languages descend from Latin vello — including convulsive, convulsion, convulsively, electroconvulsive, convulse, svelte, nonconvulsive, anticonvulsive.

See the etymology of vello itself →

Latin (38)

English (26)

Italian (17)

French (7)

Spanish (3)

Portuguese (3)

Catalan (2)

Romanian (2)

Asturian (1)

Galician (1)

Greek (1)

Norman (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)