Where does “pesce vela” come from?

pesce vela (Italian) comes from Italian vela, from Latin vēla, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.

pesce vela (Italian): sailfish

Definitions

  1. sailfish

Ancestry of “pesce vela”, step by step

pesce vela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian vela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvelasail; sailing; inflection of velare: ##...
2Latinvēla—
3Latinvēluma cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning
4Proto-Italic*wekslom—

via Italian pesce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpescefish
2LatinPiscisthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation
3Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Proto-Italic *wekslom →Every word from Latin vēlum →Every word from Latin vēla →