Where does “valè” come from?

valè (Haitian Creole) comes from French avaler, from French aval, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo — in.

valè (Haitian Creole): value

Definitions

  1. value

Ancestry of “valè”, step by step

valè traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French avaler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchavalerto swallow; to believe; to support
2Frenchavaldownstream area, lower reaches; approval,...
3Frenchàto; on the, to; at
4Englishavieemulously
5Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
6Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
7Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
8LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
9Latinīn-un-, non-, not
10Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via French valeur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvaleurvalue, worth; valor, gallantry
2Old Frenchvalurvalue; valor; braveness
3Latinvalorvalue, worth
4Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
5Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
6Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
7Proto-Indo-European-oss
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en