voile

Old French

noun

Definitions

sail large piece of fabric attached to the mast of a watercraft

Etymology

Inherited from Latin *vēla.

Origin

Latin

*vēla

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*vēla Latin
vēlum Latin
vela Italian
vaile Norman
vailer Norman
vailyi Norman
vela Old Portuguese
vela Asturian
vela Old Occitan
vaila Dalmatian