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Where does “vallare” come from?

vallare (Latin) comes from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.

vallare (Latin): present active infinitive of vāllō; second-person...

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of vāllō; second-person...

Ancestry of “vallare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-—

Words derived from “vallare”

  • vallation
  • vallatio
  • vallar
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