Noun: velum
| Singular | velum |
| Plural | vela; velums |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like velum
septum,
sacrum,
scutum,
signum,
philtrum,
effluvium,
preferendum,
tricennium,
fenestrum,
prooemium,
pseudoperidium,
vomitorium,
gubernium,
protocerebrum,
addendum,
pallium,
pabulum,
refugium,
decorum,
fumigatorium, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *weg-
3. Proto-Indo-European *wegslomder.?
4. Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der.?
5. Proto-Italic *wekslom
6. Latin vēlumbor.
7. English velum
8. Borrowed from Latin vēlum (“a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil”). Doublet of veil. See: Latin Nouns '
vēlum'.