véu
Portuguese
/ˈvɛw/
noun
Definitions
- veil
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese veo inherited from Latin vēlum (sail, veil, curtain, awning, cloth) derived from Proto-Indo-European *weg (weave a web).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weg
Gloss
weave a web
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *vēla Latin
- vela Latin
- velarium Latin
- velifer Latin
- veliger Latin
- velo Latin
- vēlum Latin
- velo Italian
- *weg Proto-Indo-European
- voil Old French
- vel Catalan, Valencian
- dezbăra Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- văl Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vel Albanian
- veo Old Portuguese
- velo Old Spanish
- veil ONF.
- vel Piedmontese