Where does “velório” come from?
velório (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese velar, from Latin vēlō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
velório (Portuguese): wake
Ancestry of “velório”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | velar | velar; to veil; to veil; to conceal; to hide |
| 2 | Latin | vēlō | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |