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
- value
Ancestry of “valè”, step by step
valè traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French avaler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | avaler | to swallow; to believe; to support |
| 2 | French | aval | downstream area, lower reaches; approval,... |
| 3 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 4 | English | avie | emulously |
| 5 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 6 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 7 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 8 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via French valeur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | valeur | value, worth; valor, gallantry |
| 2 | Old French | valur | value; valor; braveness |
| 3 | Latin | valor | value, worth |
| 4 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |