Where does “wall” come from?

Wall comes from Middle English wall, from Old English weallan, from Latin vallum meaning "rampart or fortification," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wel- or (s)kʷálos.

wall (English): A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for...

Definitions

  1. A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for...

Ancestry of “wall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishwallAlternative form of wale
2Old Englishweallwall; fervour; uproar; boiled or mulled wine
3Proto-Germanicwallazwell, spring; wall, rampart, entrenchment
4Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive

Words derived from “wall

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēl-
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