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Where does “veluro” come from?

veluro (Esperanto) comes from French velours, from Old French velous, from Latin villosus, from Latin villus, from Latin vellus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.

veluro (Esperanto): velvet

Definitions

  1. velvet

Ancestry of “veluro”, 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 “veluro”

  • velura
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