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

Definitions

  1. valley, vale

Ancestry of “valo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvaleA valley; Farewell
2Middle Englishvalevalley depression between hills
3Old Frenchvalvalley
4Latinvallisvalley, vale; hollow; dative plural of vāllum
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-to roll, to undulate
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind

Words derived from “valo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēlH- →Every word from Latin vallis →