valeo

Latin

verb
Definitions
  • I am strong, I have strength, I have influence, I have power, I am powerful, I avail
  • I am well, healthy, sound
  • I am worth, I am of worth
  • I am effectual, am efficacious, am of effect, am good for
  • to be in force, in effect said of laws
  • I mean, signify used of words or statements that have a certain force or power in meaning
  • (Ecclesiastical Latin) I can; I prevail
  • (New Latin) I leave; I go away

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *walēō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, *h₂welh₁- (wool, hair, be strong, powerful, possess, strong, rule).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂welh₁-

Gloss

wool, hair, be strong, powerful, possess, strong, rule

Concept
Semantic Field

Clothing and grooming

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

髪

Emoji
🐏 🐑 🦙

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