Where does “vitella” come from?

vitella (Latin) comes from Latin vitula, from Latin vitulus, from Proto-Indo-European wetelo-, from Proto-Indo-European wet- — year; year-old.

Ancestry of “vitella”, step by step

vitella traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin vitula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvitulaa young cow, a female calf, a heifer; a stringed...
2Latinvitulusa bull calf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwetelo-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwet-year; year-old

via Portuguese vitula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesevitula—

Words derived from “vitella”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wet- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wetelo- →Every word from Latin vitulus →