Etymology Explorer β€Ί Old French

Where does β€œvalence” come from?

valence (Old French) comes from Old French valer, from Old French avaler, from Old French a, from Latin A, from Etruscan πŒ€, from Ancient Greek αΎ±Μ”, from Phoenician 𐀀, from Egyptian 𓃾.

Ancestry of β€œvalence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvalerto drop
2Old Frenchavalerto descend; to go down
3Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
4LatinAβ€”
5EtruscanπŒ€β€”
6Ancient GreekαΎ±Μ”β€”
7Phoenician𐀀ox; aleph; alef
8Egyptian𓃾—

Words derived from β€œvalence”

  • valence
  • valance
  • valenced
  • bivalence
  • polyvalence
  • multivalence
  • monovalence
  • intervalence
  • covalence
  • valanced
  • univalence
  • tetravalence
  • trivalence
  • unvalenced
  • valancing
  • nonvalenced
  • valancelike
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