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veil

/ˈveɪl/VAYL
/ˈveɪl/VAYL

Meaninga covering

Common meaning: a piece of cloth over the face

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WAGH‘carry, to remove, to wag’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 338, p. 742 · scan
  2. Latinvēlum‘a sail, covering, curtain’
  3. Old Frenchveilesource
  4. Middle Englishveilesource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsa sail, covering, curtain → a piece of cloth over the faceveil‘a piece of cloth over the face’ · today

veil also in: revealrevelation

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin vēlum ‘a sail, covering, curtain’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vēlum, p. 1965 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • vēlum Latin “a sail, covering, curtain”

Related words

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