LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

villūtus

villūtus (feminine villūta, neuter villūtum)

Meaning

  1. EarlyMedieval Latinadjectiveshaggy, hairy

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevillūtusvillūtavillūtum
genitivevillūtīvillūtaevillūtī
dativevillūtōvillūtaevillūtō
accusativevillūtumvillūtamvillūtum
ablativevillūtōvillūtāvillūtō
vocativevillūtevillūtavillūtum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevillūtīvillūtaevillūta
genitivevillūtōrumvillūtārumvillūtōrum
dativevillūtīsvillūtīsvillūtīs
accusativevillūtōsvillūtāsvillūta
ablativevillūtīsvillūtīsvillūtīs
vocativevillūtīvillūtaevillūta

Origins

From villus (“hair, tuft”) + -ūtus (adjective-forming suffix). Attested in a gloss from the seventh century CE.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanvellut
  • Frenchvelu
  • Occitanvelut
  • Franco-Provençalvelu
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseveludo
  • Spanishvelludo
  • Galicianveludo
  • Mirandesebeludo
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianvelluto
  • Gombitellivejutofrom Italian velluto
  • Old Lucchesevigliutofrom Italian velluto
  • Venetanvełudo
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Ladinuluc
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianvlûd
  • Piedmontesevlu

In English words that came into English from villūtus

  • velvet*villutittus
  • fluffvillūtus

Quick answers

What does villūtus mean in Latin?
villūtus, a adjective, means “shaggy, hairy”.