Where does “vaillance” come from?

vaillance (Old French) comes from Old French vaillant, from Latin valēns — having strength, power.

vaillance (Old French): value; worth; valiance; chivalry; bravery

Definitions

  1. value; worth; valiance; chivalry; bravery

Ancestry of “vaillance”, step by step

vaillance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French vaillant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvaillantvaluable; having value; valiant; brave; present...
2Latinvalēnshaving strength, power

via Late Latin valentia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinvalentiavigour; power; health, vigour, bodily strength

Words derived from “vaillance”

Every word from Latin valēns →Every word from Old French vaillant →