Where does “vail” come from?

Vail comes from English avale, from French avaler meaning to swallow, from Latin valere meaning to be strong, with the prefix from French à and Latin ad meaning to.

vail (English): Profit; return; proceeds; Money given to servants...

Definitions

  1. Profit; return; proceeds; Money given to servants...

Ancestry of “vail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishvalenTo (cause to) sink or drop
2Middle EnglishavalenTo (cause to) sink or drop
3Old Frenchavalerto descend; to go down
4Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
5LatinA—
6Etruscan𐌀and, also
7Ancient Greekᾱ̔—
8Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
9Egyptian𓃾—

Words derived from “vail”

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