Where does “invalida” come from?
invalida (Italian) comes from French invalider, from French invalide, from Latin invalidus, from Latin validus, from Latin valeō, from Proto-Italic walēō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.
invalida (Italian): feminine singular of invalido; female equivalent...
Definitions
- feminine singular of invalido; female equivalent...
Ancestry of “invalida”, step by step
invalida traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French invalider
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | invalider | to invalidate, void |
| 2 | French | invalide | disabled; invalid, null, void; disabled person |
| 3 | Latin | invalidus | infirm, impotent, weak, feeble |
| 4 | Latin | validus | strong; healthy, well; worthy |
| 5 | Latin | valeō | to have strength, influence, power; to avail |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | walēō | to be strong |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |
via Italian invalidare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | invalidare | to invalidate |
| 2 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |