The story
- Latin · borrowed fromvalva“double door, valve”
- English todayvalva
Borrowed from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valve.
Words from the same roots
Latinvalva all →
valvevalvule
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
valva
Today it means: A paired copulatory organ of males in some species of insects that helps the male clasp the female. Full definition →
Latin valva