Where does “valve” come from?

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

valve (French): valve

Definitions

  1. valve

Ancestry of “valve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvalvadouble or folding door; one leaf of such doors
2Proto-Italic*wolVwā-—
3Proto-Indo-European*wol-ew-o-—

Words derived from “valve”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o- →