Where does “vela” come from?

vela (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan vela, from Vulgar Latin vela, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.

vela (Catalan): sail; sailing

Definitions

  1. sail; sailing

Ancestry of “vela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanvela—
2Vulgar Latinvelasynonym of īriō; nominative/accusative/vocative...
3Latinvēluma cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning
4Proto-Italic*wekslom—

Words derived from “vela”

Every word from Proto-Italic *wekslom →Every word from Latin vēlum →Every word from Vulgar Latin vela →
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