Where does “veil” come from?

Veil comes from Middle English veyl, from Latin velum meaning a covering or cloth, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ-.

veil (English): Something hung up or spread out to hide or...

Definitions

  1. Something hung up or spread out to hide or...

Ancestry of “veil”, step by step

veil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English veil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishveil—
2Latinvelumthe sail of a ship; a cloth, curtain, veil,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via Latin vēlum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvēluma cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning
2Proto-Italic*wekslom—

Words derived from “veil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →