English
valid
Valid is borrowed from Middle French valide ‘sound’, from Latin validus ‘strong’, from valeō ‘to be strong’, from PIE *h₂welh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂welh₁-‘to be strong’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvaleō‘to be strong’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvalidus‘strong’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600valide‘healthy, sound’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012valid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂welh₁-‘to be strong’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvaleō‘to be strong’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvalidus‘strong’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600valide‘healthy, sound’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012valid
Earliest quotation: 2012, -April, Race Finished: “Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- ‘be strong’
wild, wool, velvet, wield, fluff, flannel, cuckold, valiant, velour, invalidate, woll, lanolin, valorous, 38 more
through Proto-Italic *walēō ‘to be strong’
value, ambivalent, ambivalence, valence, convalescent, convalescence, 14 more
through Latin valeō ‘to be strong, to be healthy, to be worth’
Today it means
adj Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- / valid