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Where does “vaillance” come from?

vaillance (French) comes from Old French vaillance, from Old French -ance, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

vaillance (French): valiance, courage, bravery

Definitions

  1. valiance, courage, bravery

Ancestry of “vaillance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvaillancevalue; worth; valiance; chivalry; bravery
2Old French-ance-ance
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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