English
vellon
Vellon comes from Spanish vellón ‘fleece’, and goes back to Latin vellus ‘the wool shorn from a sheep’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvellus‘the wool shorn from a sheep’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentvellón‘fleece’
- Englishtodayvellon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvellus‘the wool shorn from a sheep’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentvellón‘fleece’
- Englishtodayvellon
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- ‘hair, wool’
value, wild, equivalent, valid, wool, vale, avail, valuation, valiant, fluff, vail, flannel, wield, cuckold, valour, lanolin, valorous, woll, 43 more
through Latin vellus ‘the wool shorn from a sheep’
Today it means
noun An old Spanish coin made from copper-based billon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin vellus / vellon