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hatam_soferet ([personal profile] hatam_soferet) wrote2007-10-30 10:35 am

note to self - vellum/velum

וילון <- velum (curtain, veil)
Vellum <- velin (O Fr) <- vel, vedel (veal) <- vitulus, vitellus (calf) (Online Etymological Dictionary)

=> not the same word, despite vellum sometimes being used as a cheaper alternative to glass.