Where does “valuability” come from?
valuability (English) comes from English valuable, from English value, from Middle English valew, from Old French value, from Old French valoir, from Latin valeō, from Proto-Italic walēō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.
valuability (English): The quality of being valuable, valuableness
Definitions
- The quality of being valuable, valuableness
Ancestry of “valuability”, step by step
valuability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English valuable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | valuable | Having a great value; Estimable; deserving... |
| 2 | English | value | The quality that renders something desirable or... |
| 3 | Middle English | valew | — |
| 4 | Old French | value | — |
| 5 | Old French | valoir | to have value; to be worth |
| 6 | Latin | valeō | to have strength, influence, power; to avail |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | walēō | to be strong |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |