Where does “invaluability” come from?
invaluability (English) comes from English invaluable, from English valuable, from English value, from Middle English valew, from Old French value, from Old French valoir, from Latin valeō, from Proto-Italic walēō — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.
invaluability (English): The quality of being invaluable; great or immeasurable value
Definitions
- The quality of being invaluable; great or immeasurable value
Ancestry of “invaluability”, step by step
invaluability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English invaluable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | invaluable | Of great value; costly, precious, priceless; Very... |
| 2 | English | valuable | Having a great value; Estimable; deserving... |
| 3 | English | value | The quality that renders something desirable or... |
| 4 | Middle English | valew | — |
| 5 | Old French | value | — |
| 6 | Old French | valoir | to have value; to be worth |
| 7 | Latin | valeō | to have strength, influence, power; to avail |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | walēō | to be strong |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |