Etymology

Duval

D2U1V4A1L1

Today it means: A topographic surname from French of French origin, for someone who lived in a valley. Full definition →

French Duva ← Old French val ← Latin vallis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Old Frenchde
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  7. Proto-Italic*olnos
  8. Old Latinolle
  9. Latinille
  10. Old Frenchle
  11. Old Frenchdel
  12. Frenchdu
  13. Proto-Indo-European*welH-?
  14. Latinvallis
  15. Old Frenchval
  16. Frenchval
  17. FrenchDuva
  18. English todayDuval

Borrowed from French Duval.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.