velar

to watch, guard; to be vigilant; to ensure, see to, guarantee; to look after, look out for, watch over, monitor; to sit up (with an ill person)

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *weǵlis Proto-Italic *weglis Latin vigil Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vigilō Old Spanish velar Spanish velar Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin vigilāre. Doublet of vigilar (a borrowing).

to veil; to conceal, cover, hide (of information); to fog

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weg-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *wekslom Latin vēlum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vēlō Old Spanish velar Spanish velar Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin vēlāre, from vēlum (“veil”).

velar

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weg-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *wekslom Latin vēlum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin vēlārislbor. Spanish velar Learned borrowing from Latin vēlāris, from vēlum (“veil”).