Where does “voilage” come from?

voilage (French) comes from French voiler, from French voile, from Old French voile, from Vulgar Latin vela, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.

voilage (French): veiling; veils, nets; net curtain

Definitions

  1. veiling; veils, nets; net curtain

Ancestry of “voilage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchvoilerTo veil; To cover up, to cloak, to veil; To...
2Frenchvoileveil; sail; sailing
3Old Frenchvoilesail
4Vulgar Latinvelasynonym of īriō; nominative/accusative/vocative...
5Latinvēluma cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning
6Proto-Italic*wekslom—
Every word from Proto-Italic *wekslom →Every word from Latin vēlum →Every word from Vulgar Latin vela →