velvet: [14] Velvet is etymologically a ‘hairy’ or ‘downy’ fabric. Its ultimate ancestor is Latin villus ‘hair, down’, which also produced English velours [18]. From it was derived medieval Latin villūtus ‘shaggy’, which passed into Old French as velu ‘velvety’. And this in turn formed the basis of a noun veluotte, from which English got velvet. The derivative velveteen dates from the 18th century. => velours
velvet (n.)
early 14c., probably from Old Proven?al veluet, from Vulgar Latin *villutittus, diminutive of Vulgar Latin *villutus "velvet," literally "shaggy cloth," from Latin villus "shaggy hair, nap of cloth, tuft of hair," probably a dialectal variant of vellus "fleece," from PIE *wel-no-, suffixed form of root *wel- (4) "to tear, pull" (see svelte).
例文
1. Bessie,resplendent in royal blue velvet ,was hovering beside the table.
貝茜は華やかな紺色のビロードの服を着て、テーブルのそばをさまよっていた。
2.She was wearing a white ruffled blouse and a blue velvet skirt.
彼女はレースのある白い上着と青いビロードのスカートを着ている。
3.The curtains and the coverlet of the bed were chocolate velvet .
カーテンとベッドカバーはダークブラウンベルベットのものです。/
4.I taped the base of the feather onto the velvet .
羽の根元をビロードにテープで貼り付けました。/
5.Freddy speaks very quietly and pads around in soft velvet slippers.