Etymology Explorer › French

Where does “voiler” come from?

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

voiler (French): To veil; To cover up, to cloak, to veil; To...

Definitions

  1. To veil; To cover up, to cloak, to veil; To...

Ancestry of “voiler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvoileveil; sail; sailing
2Old Frenchvoilesail
3Vulgar Latinvelasynonym of īriō; nominative/accusative/vocative...
4Latinvēlum—
5Proto-Italic*wekslom—

Words derived from “voiler”

  • envoiler
  • voila
  • voilage
Every word from Proto-Italic *wekslom →