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...
3Latinvēluma cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning
4Proto-Italic*wekslom—

Words derived from “vaile”

Every word from Proto-Italic *wekslom →Every word from Latin vēlum →Every word from Vulgar Latin vela →