Where does “velaio” come from?
velaio (Italian) comes from Italian vela, from Latin vēla, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.
velaio (Italian): sailmaker
Ancestry of “velaio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | vela | sail; sailing; inflection of velare:
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| 2 | Latin | vēla | — |
| 3 | Latin | vēlum | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *wekslom | — |