Etymology

velum

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Today it means: The soft palate. Full definition →

Latin vēlum ← Proto-Italic *wekslom ← Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*weg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wegslomder.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-der.?
  4. Proto-Italic*wekslom
  5. Latinvēlum
  6. English todayvelum

Borrowed from Latin vēlum (“a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil”). Doublet of veil.

Words from the same roots

Latinvēlum all →

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