Where does “velar” come from?

velar (Romanian) comes from French vélaire, from Latin vēlāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

velar (Romanian): velar

Definitions

  1. velar

Ancestry of “velar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvélairevelar
2Latinvēlārisof or relating to cloths, veils or curtains
3Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “velar”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →