Where does “vella” come from?
vella (Catalan) comes from Catalan vell, 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.
vella (Catalan): feminine singular of vell
Definitions
- feminine singular of vell
Ancestry of “vella”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | vell | old; fleece |
| 2 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |