Etymograph

English

valour

Valour comes from Latin valor ‘value, worth’, from Proto-Italic *walēō ‘to be strong’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-.

  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‘to be worth, to be strong’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvalor‘value, worth’
  6. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400valour
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  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‘to be worth, to be strong’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvalor‘value, worth’
  6. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400valour
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-

wild, wool, velvet, validation, wield, fluff, flannel, validate, valiant, cuckold, lanolin, woll, velour, valorous, 35 more

through Proto-Italic *walēō ‘to be strong’

value, invalid, validity, ambivalent, ambivalence, valence, convalescent, convalescence, 12 more

through Latin valeō ‘to be worth, to be strong’

equivalent, valid, valuation, avail, vale, vail, 19 more

Today it means

noun Individually sustained verve or passion.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- / valour

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