Where does “devaluation” come from?
Devaluation comes from English valuation with the prefix de-, ultimately from Latin valere meaning "to be strong or worthy," traced through Proto-Italic walēō to the Proto-Indo-European root h₂welh₁-.
devaluation (English): The removal or lessening of something's value;...
Definitions
- The removal or lessening of something's value;...
Ancestry of “devaluation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | de- | reversal, undoing, removing; Intensifying; from,... |
| 2 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 3 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 4 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 5 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |