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In ancient Greek the word for veil was καλύπτρα (kalyptra; Ionic Greek: καλύπτρη, kalyptrē; from the verb καλύπτω, kalyptō, "I cover").

Roman women were expected to wear veils as a symbol of the husband's authority over his wife, a married woman who omitted the veil was seen as withdrawing herself from marriage.

Unmarried girls normally didn't veil their heads, but matrons did so to show their modesty and chastity, their pudicitia.

Veils also protected women against the evil eye, it was thought.