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Where does “vellere” come from?

vellere (Latin) comes from Latin vello, from Proto-Italic welnō, from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.

vellere (Latin): ablative singular of vellus; second-person...

Definitions

  1. ablative singular of vellus; second-person...

Ancestry of “vellere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvelloI pluck out; I depilate; I pull or tear down; I...
2Proto-Italicwelnō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike

Words derived from “vellere”

  • svelte
  • svelteness
  • sveltely
  • unsvelte
  • esbelto
  • sveltire
  • svelga
  • svelto
  • svellere
  • sveltimento
  • svelte
  • sveltesse
  • esbelto
  • esvelt
  • σβέλτος
  • beli
  • zvelt
  • exvellere
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- →