Where does “vela” come from?
vela (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese vela, from Latin vēla, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.
vela (Galician): a sail; sailing; watch, vigil
Definitions
- a sail; sailing; watch, vigil
Ancestry of “vela”, step by step
vela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Portuguese vela
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | vela | — |
| 2 | Latin | vēla | — |
| 3 | Latin | vēlum | a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *wekslom | — |
via Latin vigilia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | vigilia | watch, vigil; wakefulness; city guard,... |
| 2 | Latin | vigil | awake, watching, alert; watchman, guard,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵ- | lively, awake; strong |
Words derived from “vela”