Where does “вуаль” come from?

вуаль (Russian) comes from French voile, from Old French voile, from Vulgar Latin vela, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.

вуаль (Russian): veil, voile

Definitions

  1. veil, voile

Ancestry of “вуаль”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvoileveil; sail; sailing
2Old Frenchvoilesail
3Vulgar Latinvelasynonym of īriō; nominative/accusative/vocative...
4Latinvēluma cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning
5Proto-Italic*wekslom

Words derived from “вуаль

Every word from Proto-Italic *wekslomEvery word from Latin vēlumEvery word from Vulgar Latin vela
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