Where does “valla” come from?

valla (Catalan) comes from Spanish valla, from Latin valla, from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl- — to see, perceive.

valla (Catalan): fence

Definitions

  1. fence

Ancestry of “valla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvallafence; barricade; obstacle
2Latinvallanominative plural of vāllum; accusative plural of...
3Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēl- →Every word from Latin vallum →Every word from Latin valla →