Where does “vellutino” come from?

vellutino (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.

vellutino (Italian): light velvet; velvet ribbon; birthwort

Definitions

  1. light velvet; velvet ribbon; birthwort

Ancestry of “vellutino”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -utus →