vellum
Meaningcalf
Common meaning: fine prepared animal skin used for writing or binding
- vellumcalfSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 682 · scan
Journey through time
- Latinvitulinus‘calf’source
- Late Latinvitulinussource
- Frenchmeaning shiftscalf → vellamvélin‘vellam’source
- Middle Englishmeaning shiftsvellam → calfskin parchmentvelym‘calfskin parchment’source
- Englishmeaning shiftscalfskin parchment → fine prepared animal skin used for writing or bindingvellum‘fine prepared animal skin used for writing or binding’ · today
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: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin vitulinus ‘calf’.
Roots
- vitulinus Latin “calf”
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