Where does “belo” come from?

belo (Bikol Central) comes from Spanish velo, from Old Spanish velo, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.

Ancestry of “belo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishveloveil; Compound of the informal second-person...
2Old Spanishvelo
3Latinvēluma cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning
4Proto-Italic*wekslom
Every word from Proto-Italic *wekslom
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