Where does “voile” come from?

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

voile (Old French): sail

Definitions

  1. sail

Ancestry of “voile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinvelasynonym of īriō; nominative/accusative/vocative...
2Latinvēluma cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning
3Proto-Italic*wekslom—

Words derived from “voile”

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