Where does “velate” come from?
velate (English) comes from Latin velatus, from Latin vēlō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
velate (English): Having a veil; veiled; Having a velum
Definitions
- Having a veil; veiled; Having a velum
Ancestry of “velate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | velatus | covered, wrapped, veiled; concealed |
| 2 | Latin | vēlō | to cover, wrap, veil |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |