value

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂welh₁-“to be strong”
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*walēō
3. Latin · derived fromvalēre“be strong, be worth”
4. Old French · derived fromvalue
5. Middle English · inherited fromvalew
6. English todayvalue

From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valēre (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”).

Words from the same roots