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Where does “valour” come from?

valour (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman valour, from Latin valor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -oss, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Ancestry of “valour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-NormanvalourLate Anglo-Norman spelling of valur
2Latinvalorvalue, worth
3Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
4Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
5Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
6Proto-Indo-European-oss—
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “valour”

  • valour
  • valor
  • valourization
  • valourize
  • valourisation
  • valourise
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