Where does β€œvalancelike” come from?

valancelike (English) comes from English valance, from Anglo-Norman valaunce, from Old French valence, from Old French valer, from Old French avaler, from Old French a, from Latin A, from Etruscan πŒ€.

valancelike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a valance

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a valance

Ancestry of β€œvalancelike”, step by step

valancelike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English valance

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvalanceA short curtain that usually hangs along the top...
2Anglo-Normanvalaunceβ€”
3Old Frenchvalenceβ€”
4Old Frenchvalerto drop
5Old Frenchavalerto descend; to go down
6Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
7LatinAβ€”
8EtruscanπŒ€and, also
9Ancient GreekαΎ±Μ”β€”
10Phoenician𐀀ox; aleph; alef
11Egyptian𓃾—

via English like

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlikeTo enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;...
2Dutchluikhatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych
3Middle Dutchlukeβ€”
4Dutchluikento close, to shut
5Middle Dutchlukento close, to shut; to close, to become closed
6Old DutchlΕ«canto close, shut
7Proto-West GermaniclΕ«kanto close, to shut
8Proto-GermaniclΕ«kanΔ…to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukanΔ…
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewΗ΅-to break, tear; to break, shatter
Every word from Egyptian 𓃾 β†’
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