vertu
Middle French
noun
Definitions
- virtue goodness, moralness
Etymology
Inherited from Old French vertu (valour, goodness, virtue, honour).
Origin
Old French
vertu
Gloss
valour, goodness, virtue, honour
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- by virtue of English
- virtue English
- virtus Latin
- virtūtem, virtūs Latin
- vertu French
- vertueux French
- *weyh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- vertu Old French
- vertus Middle French