Where does “velour” come from?
Velour comes from French velours, from Old French velous, from Latin villosus meaning hairy, derived from vellus meaning fleece, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁-.
velour (English): A knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually...
Definitions
- A knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually...
Ancestry of “velour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | velours | velvet |
| 2 | Old French | velous | — |
| 3 | Latin | villosus | hairy, shaggy |
| 4 | Latin | villus | hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair |
| 5 | Latin | vellus | The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |
Words derived from “velour”