Where does “vellumy” come from?
vellumy (English) comes from English vellum, from Old French velin, from French vélin, from Old French veel, from Latin vitellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
vellumy (English): Resembling vellum
Definitions
- Resembling vellum
Ancestry of “vellumy”, step by step
vellumy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vellum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vellum | A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a... |
| 2 | Old French | velin | — |
| 3 | French | vélin | vellum |
| 4 | Old French | veel | calf |
| 5 | Latin | vitellus | a small calf; the yolk of an egg |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |