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Where does “velo” come from?

velo (Esperanto) comes from Italian vela, from Latin vēla, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.

velo (Esperanto): sail

Definitions

  1. sail

Ancestry of “velo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvelasail; sailing; inflection of velare: ##...
2Latinvēla—
3Latinvēlum—
4Proto-Italic*wekslom—

Words derived from “velo”

  • velŝipo
  • velveturi
  • ĉefvelo
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