velum
Latin
noun
Definitions
- the sail of a ship
- a cloth, curtain, veil, awning
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (weave, spin, weave a web).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weg-
Gloss
weave, spin, weave a web
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- velo- English
- velocardiofacial English
- velum English
- *vela Latin
- vēlum Latin
- avvelare Italian
- velare Italian
- velo Italian
- velum French
- voile French
- *weg- Proto-Indo-European
- *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *weukan Proto-Germanic
- welon Polish
- wiosło Polish
- *veslo Proto-Slavic
- veslo Czech
- veslo Serbo-Croatian
- весло Serbo-Croatian
- וילון Hebrew (modern)
- *wegyeti Proto-Celtic
- весло Macedonian
- вясло Belarusian
- весло Old East Slavic
- velu Sicilian
- veslü Polabian
- bela Mirandese