English
Valais
Valais comes from Latin vallis ‘valley’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvallis‘valley’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentValais
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvallis‘valley’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentValais
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to turn, wind, roll’
well, walk, volume, wall, revolution, evolution, involve, evolve, revolt, vault, valve, vulgar, helix, waltz, convoluted, divulge, voluminous, vagrant, gauche, vulva, convolution, vulgate, iliac, ilium, involution, voluble, valvular, valise, 76 more
through Proto-Germanic *waluz ‘staff, stick’
through Latin vallis ‘valley’
Today it means
name A canton of Switzerland (the French name)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin vallis / Valais