Etymology

valure

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Today it means: Value. Full definition →

Middle English valure ← Old French valeur ← Latin valor
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvalor
  2. Old French · derived fromvaleur
  3. Middle English · inherited fromvalure
  4. English todayvalure

From Middle English valure, from Old French valeur, valur, from Latin valor, reshaped as if suffixed with -ure. Doublet of valour.

Words from the same roots

Latinvalor all →

valour

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