Etymology Explorer β€Ί Anglo-Norman

Where does β€œvalaunce” come from?

valaunce (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French valence, from Old French valer, from Old French avaler, from Old French a, from Latin A, from Etruscan πŒ€, from Ancient Greek αΎ±Μ”, from Phoenician 𐀀.

Ancestry of β€œvalaunce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvalenceβ€”
2Old Frenchvalerto drop
3Old Frenchavalerto descend; to go down
4Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
5LatinAβ€”
6EtruscanπŒ€β€”
7Ancient GreekαΎ±Μ”β€”
8Phoenician𐀀ox; aleph; alef
9Egyptian𓃾—

Words derived from β€œvalaunce”

  • valence
  • valance
  • valenced
  • bivalence
  • polyvalence
  • multivalence
  • monovalence
  • intervalence
  • covalence
  • valanced
  • univalence
  • tetravalence
  • trivalence
  • unvalenced
  • valancing
  • nonvalenced
  • valancelike
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