Where does “vellutare” come from?

vellutare (Italian) comes from Italian velluto, from Latin villūtus, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

vellutare (Italian): To give a velvet finish to textiles

Definitions

  1. To give a velvet finish to textiles

Ancestry of “vellutare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvellutovelvet; first-person singular present indicative...
2Latinvillūtusshaggy, hairy
3Latin-utus—
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “vellutare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -utus →