Where does “velar” come from?

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

velar (Portuguese): velar; to veil; to veil; to conceal; to hide

Definitions

  1. velar; to veil; to veil; to conceal; to hide

Ancestry of “velar”, step by step

velar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin vēlō

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

via Latin vigilāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvigilāre—
2Latinvigilawake, watching, alert; watchman, guard,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵ-lively, awake; strong

Words derived from “velar”

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