valor
English
/ˈvælɚ/
noun
Definitions
- Value; worth.
- Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness
Etymology
Borrowed from valour derived from Latin valor root from Proto-Indo-European *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
🐏 🐑 🦙
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- valiant English
- valorless English
- valorous English
- valour English
- valeo Latin
- valeō Latin
- validus Latin
- valor Latin
- valore Latin
- vellus Latin
- valeur French
- valeureux French
- antivalor Spanish, Castilian
- avalorar Spanish, Castilian
- contravalor Spanish, Castilian
- valor Spanish, Castilian
- valorar Spanish, Castilian
- valorizar Spanish, Castilian
- λάχνη Ancient Greek
- λῶμα Ancient Greek
- *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European
- valor Portuguese
- *waldaz Proto-Germanic
- *waldiz Proto-Germanic
- *waldą Proto-Germanic
- *Voldiměrъ Proto-Slavic
- vaillance Old French
- valor Old French
- balor Cebuano
- vlerë Albanian
- *Luguwalos Proto-Celtic
- valor Old Spanish
- valour xno
- valór Kabuverdianu