Etymograph

English

vale

Vale comes from Old French val ‘valley’, and goes back to Latin vallis.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvallis
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400val‘valley’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500vale‘valley’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1767same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvallis
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400val‘valley’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500vale‘valley’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1767same form

Earliest quotation: 1767, Walter Harte, The Vision of Death: “In those fair vales, by nature form'd to please,…”

Every English word from Latin vallis

Another origin of vale

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂welh₁-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*walēō‘to be strong’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvaleō‘be well’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvalēsingular imperative of valeō
  6. Englishtodayvale

Today it means

noun A valley.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin vallis / vale

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