English
valuation
Valuation comes from Middle French valuation, from Old French valoir ‘to have value’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂welh₁-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*walēō‘to be strong’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvaleōas valēre‘to have strength, influence, power’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400valoir‘to have value’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600valuation
- Englishearliest quotation 1993same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂welh₁-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*walēō‘to be strong’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvaleōas valēre‘to have strength, influence, power’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400valoir‘to have value’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600valuation
- Englishearliest quotation 1993same form
Earliest quotation: 1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town: “The tax assessor put them in fourteen valuation groups…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-
wild, wool, velvet, wield, flannel, fluff, valiant, validate, cuckold, validation, velour, lanolin, woll, valorous, 35 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti
through Proto-Italic *walēō ‘to be strong’
value, invalid, validity, ambivalent, valence, convalescent, convalescence, 13 more
through Latin valeō ‘to have strength, influence, power’
equivalent, valid, vale, valour, 19 more
through Old French valoir ‘to have value’
Today it means
noun An estimation of something's worth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- / valuation