Words that come from Latin “villus”

74 words across 19 languages descend from Latin villus — including velvet, velvety, villus, villous, velveteen, velour, intervillous, velours.

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English (22)

Italian (8)

Latin (5)

French (4)

Dutch (4)

Spanish (4)

Japanese (3)

Portuguese (3)

Middle English (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Hungarian (2)

Irish (2)

Esperanto (2)

German (2)

Old French (2)

Late Latin (2)

Norman (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Catalan (1)