Where does “valo” come from?

valo (Ido) comes from Esperanto valo, 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 (Ido): valley, vale

Definitions

  1. valley, vale

Ancestry of “valo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantovalovalley, vale
2EnglishvaleA valley; Farewell
3Middle Englishvalevalley depression between hills
4Old Frenchvalvalley
5Latinvallisvalley, vale; hollow; dative plural of vāllum
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-to roll, to undulate
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind

Words derived from “valo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welH- →