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Where does “exvellere” come from?

exvellere (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin vellere, from Latin vello, from Proto-Italic welnō, from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.

Ancestry of “exvellere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvellereablative singular of vellus; second-person...
2LatinvelloI pluck out; I depilate; I pull or tear down; I...
3Proto-Italicwelnō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike

Words derived from “exvellere”

  • svelte
  • svelteness
  • sveltely
  • unsvelte
  • esbelto
  • sveltire
  • svelga
  • svelto
  • svellere
  • sveltimento
  • svelte
  • sveltesse
  • esbelto
  • esvelt
  • σβέλτος
  • zvelt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- →