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Where does “valved” come from?

valved (English) comes from English valve, from Latin valva, from Proto-Italic *wolVwā-, from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o-.

valved (English): Having valves; simple past tense and past...

Definitions

  1. Having valves; simple past tense and past...

Ancestry of “valved”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvalveA device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid...
2Latinvalvadouble or folding door; one leaf of such doors
3Proto-Italic*wolVwā-—
4Proto-Indo-European*wol-ew-o-—

Words derived from “valved”

  • bivalved
  • univalved
  • equivalved
  • unvalved
  • trivalved
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