Where does “văl” come from?
văl (Romanian) comes from Italian velo, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.
văl (Romanian): veil; mantle, cover
Ancestry of “văl”, step by step
văl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian velo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | velo | veil; velum; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Latin | vēlum | a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *wekslom | — |
via Latin vallum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | vallum | wall, rampart, entrenchment |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | wēl- | to see, perceive |