Where does “velo” come from?
velo (Ido) comes from French voile, from Old French voile, from Vulgar Latin vela, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.
velo (Ido): veil; cover, screen, shade
Definitions
- veil; cover, screen, shade
Ancestry of “velo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | voile | veil; sail; sailing |
| 2 | Old French | voile | sail |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | vela | synonym of īriō; nominative/accusative/vocative... |
| 4 | Latin | vēlum | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *wekslom | — |
Words derived from “velo”