Where does “vell” come from?
vell (Catalan) comes from Latin vetulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
vell (Catalan): old; fleece
Ancestry of “vell”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 2 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “vell”