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

  1. A knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually...

Ancestry of “velour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchveloursvelvet
2Old Frenchvelous—
3Latinvillosushairy, shaggy
4Latinvillushair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair
5LatinvellusThe wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂welh₁-to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool

Words derived from “velour”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- →Every word from Latin vellus →Every word from Latin villus →
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