Where does “valvă” come from?
valvă (Romanian) comes from French valve, from Latin valva, from Proto-Italic *wolVwā-, from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o-.
valvă (Romanian): valve
Definitions
- valve
Ancestry of “valvă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | valve | valve |
| 2 | Latin | valva | double or folding door; one leaf of such doors |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *wolVwā- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *wol-ew-o- | — |