Where does “valo” come from?
valo (Esperanto) comes from English vale, from Middle English vale, from Old French val, from Latin vallis, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.
valo (Esperanto): valley, vale
Ancestry of “valo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | vale | A valley; Farewell |
| 2 | Middle English | vale | — |
| 3 | Old French | val | valley |
| 4 | Latin | vallis | valley, vale; hollow; dative plural of vāllum |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |
Words derived from “valo”