Where does “voile” come from?
voile (French) comes from Old French voile, from Vulgar Latin vela, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.
voile (French): veil; sail; sailing
Ancestry of “voile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | voile | sail |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | vela | synonym of īriō; nominative/accusative/vocative... |
| 3 | Latin | vēlum | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *wekslom | — |
Words derived from “voile”