Where does “velouté” come from?

velouté (French) 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.

velouté (French): velvety; smooth; smoothness, softness

Definitions

  1. velvety; smooth; smoothness, softness

Ancestry of “velouté”, 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 “velouté”

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