Proto-Italic

*walēō

‘to be strong’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *walēō.

27 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *walēō, most familiar first.

• value ← valew ← valēre
• equivalent ← aequivalentem ← aequivaleō ← valeō
• valid ← valide ← validus ← valeō
• invalid ← invalide ← invalidus ← validus ← valeō
• valuation ← valoir ← valeō
• validity ← validité ← validitas ← validus ← valeō
• vale ← valeō
• avail ← availen ← a ← valoir ← valeō
• vail ← vayle ← valoir ← valeō
• ambivalent ← Ambivalenz ← valeō
• valour ← valor ← valeō
• valence ← Valenz ← valentia ← valēns ← valeō

More words from *walēō

• ambivalence
• convalescent
• convalescence
• valency
• convalesce
• valorisation
• invalescence
• valetudinarian
• valuta
• valetudinary
• valure
• valetudinous
• valeology
• valetudinarious
• valetude

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *walēō