Where does “valour” come from?
Valour comes from Anglo-Norman valour, from Latin valor meaning "strength" or "worth," derived from the verb valēō "to be strong" in Proto-Italic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti.
valour (English): Value; worth; Strength of mind in regard to...
Definitions
- Value; worth; Strength of mind in regard to...
Ancestry of “valour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | valour | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | valour | Late Anglo-Norman spelling of valur |
| 3 | Latin | valor | value, worth |
| 4 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
Words derived from “valour”