Where does “vellum” come from?
Vellum comes from Old French velin, from Latin vitulinus, meaning of or pertaining to a calf, referring to the material made from calfskin.
vellum (English): A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a...
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- A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a...
Ancestry of “vellum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | velin | — |
| 2 | French | vélin | vellum |
| 3 | Old French | veel | calf |
| 4 | Latin | vitellus | a small calf; the yolk of an egg |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |