Where does “validità” come from?

validità (Maltese) comes from Italian validità, from Latin validitas, 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.

validità (Maltese): validity

Definitions

  1. validity

Ancestry of “validità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvaliditàvalidity
2Latinvaliditasstrength
3Latinvalidusstrong; healthy, well; worthy
4Latinvaleōto have strength, influence, power; to avail
5Proto-Italicwalēōto be strong
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂welh₁-to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- →