Etymograph

English

veghar

Veghar comes from Armenian վեղար, from Latin vēlārium ‘awning’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to bring’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weǵʰ-1‘to bring’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wekslom1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēlum1‘sail, curtain, awning’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēlārium2‘awning’
  5. Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453βηλάρι2
  6. Middle Armenianc. 1100–1700վեղար2
  7. Armenianmodernվեղար3veġar
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1913veghar3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin velarium
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Armenian վեղար
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English veghar
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1913, Adrian Fortescue, The Lesser Eastern Churches: “All wear this, but only the celibate priests and…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weǵʰ-Wiktionary, Latin velarium‘to bring’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wekslomWiktionary, Latin velariumreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēlumWiktionary, Latin velarium‘sail, curtain, awning’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēlāriumWiktionary, Armenian վեղար‘awning’
  5. Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453βηλάριWiktionary, Armenian վեղար
  6. Middle Armenianc. 1100–1700վեղարWiktionary, Armenian վեղար
  7. ArmenianmodernվեղարWiktionary, English vegharveġar
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1913vegharWiktionary, English veghar. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1913, Adrian Fortescue, The Lesser Eastern Churches: “All wear this, but only the celibate priests and…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to bring’

way, always, via, vehicle, wave, wagon, wee, halfway, vector, weigh, vogue, wedge, vein, headway, wag, wonky, eunuch, venous, vex, wey, waw, wain, invective, vena, 39 more

through Latin vēlum ‘sail, curtain, awning’

reveal, veil, velar, 9 more

Today it means

noun The pointed conic cowl worn by the celibate clergy of the Armenian Apostolic Church, including abeghas, bishops and the catholicos.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “veghar”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin velarium, Armenian վեղար. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- / veghar

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