Where does “velo” come from?
velo (Romansch) comes from German Velo, from French vélo, from French vélocipède, from Latin pedes, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
velo (Romansch): bicycle
Ancestry of “velo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Velo | bicycle |
| 2 | French | vélo | bike, bicycle, cycle |
| 3 | French | vélocipède | a velocipede; bicycles in general; first-person... |
| 4 | Latin | pedes | a walker, one who walks; foot soldier,... |
| 5 | Latin | pēs | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |