valoir
French
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to be worth
- (transitive) to earn, to win, to bring (something of value)
- (reflexive) to be the same, to have no difference between
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French valoir inherited from Old French valoir inherited from Latin valēre (be able, be healthy) inherited from Proto-Italic *walēō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vaurien English
- praevalēre, praevaleō Latin
- valeo Latin
- valēre Latin
- valere Italian
- invalable French
- prévaloir French
- revaloir French
- rien French
- valable French
- valablement French
- vaurien French
- *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European
- valoir Old French
- valer Catalan, Valencian
- valabil Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vjej Albanian
- valoir Middle French
- valuation Middle French
- valer Old Portuguese
- dögenicht Middle Low German
- *walēō Proto-Italic
- valê Friulian
- valer Old Spanish
- valar Dalmatian
- valêr Franco-Provençal