myEtymology.com: Portuguese etymology of belbute

Etymology of the Portuguese word belbute

the Portuguese word belbute

derived from the English word velvet

derived from the Old French word veluotte

derived from the Old French word velu

derived from the Old Provençal word veluet

derived from the Latin root *villutittus

derived from the Late Latin word villutus

derived from the Latin word villus (hair; shaggy hair, tuft of hair)