Where does “vallation” come from?
vallation (English) comes from Latin vallatio, from Latin vallare, from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.
vallation (English): A rampart or entrenchment
Definitions
- A rampart or entrenchment
Ancestry of “vallation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | vallatio | — |
| 2 | Latin | vallare | present active infinitive of vāllō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | vallum | wall, rampart, entrenchment |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wēl- | — |