Where does “velours” come from?

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

velours (French): velvet

Definitions

  1. velvet

Ancestry of “velours”, step by step

velours traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French velous

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

via Old French velor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvelor—
2Old Frenchvelos—

Words derived from “velours”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- →