Where does “vale” come from?

vale (Middle English) comes from Old French val, from Latin vallis, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.

vale (Middle English): valley depression between hills

Definitions

  1. valley depression between hills

Ancestry of “vale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvalvalley
2Latinvallisvalley, vale; hollow; dative plural of vāllum
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-to roll, to undulate
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind

Words derived from “vale”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēlH- →Every word from Latin vallis →
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