Where does “vela” come from?

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

vela (Italian): sail; sailing; inflection of velare: ##...

Definitions

  1. sail; sailing; inflection of velare: ##...

Ancestry of “vela”, step by step

vela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin vēla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvēla
2Latinvēluma cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning
3Proto-Italic*wekslom

via Vulgar Latin vela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinvelasynonym of īriō; nominative/accusative/vocative...

Words derived from “vela

Every word from Proto-Italic *wekslom