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villutus
Medieval Latin · medieval
"shaggy, hairy"
shaggy, hairy, from villus (shaggy hair, tuft)
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velluto
Italian · medieval
"a dense, soft woven fabric"
settled in Italian for the dense, soft woven fabric
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velvet
English · 1300s
"a soft, dense woven fabric with a short pile"
settled as the English word for the soft, dense fabric
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