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
- Profit; return; proceeds; Money given to servants...
Ancestry of “vail”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | valen | — |
| 2 | Middle English | avalen | — |
| 3 | Old French | avaler | to descend; to go down |
| 4 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 5 | Latin | A | — |
| 6 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
| 8 | Phoenician | 𐤀 | ox; aleph; alef |
| 9 | Egyptian | 𓃾 | — |
Words derived from “vail”