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Where does “vélaire” come from?

vélaire (French) comes from Latin vēlāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

vélaire (French): velar

Definitions

  1. velar

Ancestry of “vélaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvēlāris—
2Latin-āris—
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālis—

Words derived from “vélaire”

  • labiovélaire
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →