Etymology

valetude

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Today it means: A state of health; especially that of good health. Full definition →

Latin valētūdō
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromvalētūdō
  2. English todayvaletude

Learned borrowing from Latin valētūdō, valitūdō (“state of health”).

Words from the same roots

Latinvalētūdō all →

valetudinarianvaletudinariousvaletudinaryvaletudinous

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.