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Where does “vallo” come from?

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

vallo (Latin): I surround, wall or fortify with a rampart or...

Definitions

  1. I surround, wall or fortify with a rampart or...

Ancestry of “vallo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vallo”

  • vallation
  • circumvallo
  • vallatio
  • vallare
  • circumvallatio
  • vallaturus
  • vallandus
  • vallans
  • vallate
  • circumvallate
  • vallat
  • circumvallans
  • circumvallaturus
  • circumvallandus
  • vallatus
  • vallar
  • vallado
  • circonvallation
  • valado
  • valar
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