Where does “vela” come from?

vela (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese velar, from Latin vēlō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

vela (Portuguese): candle; Clipping of vela de ignição; sail

Definitions

  1. candle; Clipping of vela de ignição; sail

Ancestry of “vela”, step by step

vela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese velar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesevelarvelar; to veil; to veil; to conceal; to hide
2Latinvēlōto cover, wrap, veil
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

via Old Portuguese vela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesevela—
2Latinvēla—

Words derived from “vela”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin vēlō →