The story
- Latin · derived fromvēl(um)“sail, curtain”
- English todayvelifer
Words from the same roots
Latinvēlum all →
veilunveilvelumveliferousvelo-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
velifer
Today it means: Any of two species of fish that make up the family Veliferidae: a spinyfin velifer (Metavelifer multiradiatus) and a sailfin velifer (Vellifer hypselopterus) Full definition →
Latin vēl(um)