Where does “vêlo” come from?
vêlo (Macanese) comes from Portuguese velho, from Old Portuguese velho, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
vêlo (Macanese): old man
Definitions
- old man
Ancestry of “vêlo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | velho | old; ancient; old; aged; old |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | velho | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | veclus | — |
| 4 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |