Where does “velut” come from?

velut (Latin) comes from Latin vel, from Latin well, from Latin wels, from Latin welsi — you wish.

velut (Latin): even as, as, just as, like, as if

Definitions

  1. even as, as, just as, like, as if

Ancestry of “velut”, step by step

velut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin vel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvelor; and/or; even
2Latinwell—
3Latinwels—
4Latinwelsiyou wish

via Latin Ut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinUthow? in what way?
2Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Latin welsi →Every word from Latin wels →Every word from Latin well →