bellus
Maltese
/bɛlˈluːs/
noun
Definitions
- velvet
Etymology
Derived from Latin villus (hair, shaggy hair, tuft of hair, down, tuft, woolly hair) derived from Arabic بَلاس.
Origin
Arabic
بَلاس
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- velour English
- villous English
- villus English
- villus Latin
- villutus Latin
- Velours German
- vellutino Italian
- velluto Italian
- villo Italian
- floers Dutch, Flemish
- velours French
- velu French
- villosité French
- велюр Russian
- vello Spanish, Castilian
- velour Spanish, Castilian
- velour Portuguese
- بَلاس Arabic
- velous Old French
- veluotte Old French
- veluro Esperanto
- vilo Esperanto
- velúr Icelandic
- villūtus LL