Where does “văl” come from?

văl (Romanian) comes from Italian velo, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.

văl (Romanian): veil; mantle, cover

Definitions

  1. veil; mantle, cover

Ancestry of “văl”, step by step

văl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian velo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianveloveil; velum; first-person singular present...
2Latinvēluma cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning
3Proto-Italic*wekslom—

via Latin vallum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive

Words derived from “văl”

Every word from Proto-Italic *wekslom →Every word from Latin vēlum →Every word from Italian velo →