Where does “velo” come from?

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

velo (Chavacano): veil

Definitions

  1. veil

Ancestry of “velo”, 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 →