Where does “velame” come from?
velame (Italian) comes from Latin velamen, from Latin vēlō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
velame (Italian): veil, covering
Definitions
- veil, covering
Ancestry of “velame”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | velamen | cover, covering; clothing, robe, garment; veil |
| 2 | Latin | vēlō | to cover, wrap, veil |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |