Latin
vēlum
‘a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning, sail’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin vēlum.
13 English words in this record descend from Latin vēlum, most familiar first.
- reveal ← revēlen ← reveler ← revēlāre ← vēlāre
- veil
- velar ← vēlāris
- revelator ← revēlō ← vēlō
- velum
- veliger
- velate ← vēlātus ← velō
- velarium
- velamen ← vēlō
- velamentum ← vēlō
- velamentous ← velamentum ← vēlō
- velifer
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From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Latin vēlum