Where does “voan” come from?

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

voan (Vietnamese): veil

Definitions

  1. veil

Ancestry of “voan”, 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—
Every word from Proto-Italic *wekslom →Every word from Latin vēlum →Every word from Vulgar Latin vela →