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
Ancestry of “vela”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | vela | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | vela | synonym of īriō; nominative/accusative/vocative... |
| 3 | Latin | vēlum | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *wekslom | — |