velho
Portuguese
/ˈvɛ.ʎu/, /ˈvɛjʊ/
adj
Definitions
- old; ancient having existed for a long period of time
- (of a living being) old; aged having lived for most of the expected years
- (of an object) old that has been used for a considerable period of time
- old obsolete or out-of-date
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese vello inherited from Latin veclus, vetulus (little old) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (year).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wétos
Gloss
year
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
年
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Vetulonia Latin
- veclus Latin
- vetulus Latin
- vetus Latin
- vecchio Italian
- veglio Italian
- viejo Spanish, Castilian
- ἔτος Ancient Greek
- *wet- Proto-Indo-European
- *wétos Proto-Indo-European
- envelhecer Portuguese
- envelhecimento Portuguese
- velhice Portuguese
- velhote Portuguese
- viel Old French
- vello Galician
- vechi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- envellecer Old Portuguese
- vello Old Portuguese
- veclju Aromanian
- *wetos Proto-Italic
- vegl Romansh
- vieyu Asturian
- vieli Friulian
- vielh Old Occitan
- vecchiu Sicilian
- vecio Venetian
- *weta Proto-Albanian
- vêgio Ligurian
- vieclo Dalmatian
- viejo Ladino
- bedju Kabuverdianu
- viecchio Neapolitan
- viecio Istriot
- bedju Guinea-Bissau Creole
- bielho Mirandese
- vegg Lombard
- veggia Lombard