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Where does “vaile” come from?

vaile (Norman) comes from Old French voile, from Vulgar Latin vela, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.

vaile (Norman): sail

Definitions

  1. sail

Ancestry of “vaile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvoilesail
2Vulgar Latinvelasynonym of īriō; nominative/accusative/vocative...
3Latinvēlum—
4Proto-Italic*wekslom—

Words derived from “vaile”

  • vailyi
  • vailer
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