vaillance
Old French
noun
Definitions
- value; worth
- valiance; chivalry; bravery
Etymology
Suffix from Old French vaillant inherited from Latin valentia (capacity, strength), valens.
Origin
Latin
valens
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- valence English
- valency English
- valiance English
- valiant English
- valorous English
- valens Latin
- valentem Latin
- valentia Latin
- valeō Latin
- validus Latin
- valor Latin
- vellus Latin
- Valenz German
- valenza Italian
- vaillance French
- vaillant French
- valeureux French
- valencia Spanish, Castilian
- λάχνη Ancient Greek
- λῶμα Ancient Greek
- *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European
- valência Portuguese
- *waldaz Proto-Germanic
- *waldiz Proto-Germanic
- *waldą Proto-Germanic
- *Voldiměrъ Proto-Slavic
- vaillant Old French
- *Luguwalos Proto-Celtic
- vaillaunce xno