English
velour
Velour comes from French velours ‘velvet’, and goes back to Old French velor.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400velor
- Frenchc. 1600–presentvelours‘velvet’
- Englishtodayvelour
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400velor
- Frenchc. 1600–presentvelours‘velvet’
- Englishtodayvelour
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- ‘hair, wool’
value, wild, equivalent, valid, wool, valuation, vale, avail, valiant, fluff, vail, flannel, wield, cuckold, lanolin, valour, woll, valorous, 44 more
through Latin villus ‘hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair’
Today it means
noun A knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French velor / velour