Where does “voile” come from?
voile (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin vela, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.
voile (Old French): sail
Ancestry of “voile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | vela | synonym of īriō; nominative/accusative/vocative... |
| 2 | Latin | vēlum | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *wekslom | — |
Words derived from “voile”