Where does “velejar” come from?
velejar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese vela, from Portuguese velar, from Latin vēlō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
velejar (Portuguese): to sail
Definitions
- to sail
Ancestry of “velejar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | vela | candle; Clipping of vela de ignição; sail |
| 2 | Portuguese | velar | velar; to veil; to veil; to conceal; to hide |
| 3 | Latin | vēlō | to cover, wrap, veil |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |