Where does βvalancingβ come from?
valancing (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.
valancing (English): A decorative hanging; a valance
Definitions
- A decorative hanging; a valance
Ancestry of βvalancingβ, step by step
valancing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English valance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | valance | A short curtain that usually hangs along the top... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | valaunce | β |
| 3 | Old French | valence | β |
| 4 | Old French | valer | to drop |
| 5 | Old French | avaler | to descend; to go down |
| 6 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 7 | Latin | A | β |
| 8 | Etruscan | π | and, also |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | αΎ±Μ | β |
| 10 | Phoenician | π€ | ox; aleph; alef |
| 11 | Egyptian | πΎ | β |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | β |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijΕ | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | hβΓ©nkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |