The story
- Latin · derived fromvitulinus“of a calf”
- Old French · derived fromvelin
- English todayvellum
From Old French velin (French vélin), from Latin vitulinus (“of a calf”), as if derived from Old French veel (“veal”).
Words from the same roots
Latinvitulinus all →
vituline
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.