Etymology

valve

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Today it means: A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum. Full definition →

Middle English valve ← Latin valva
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvalva“double door, valve”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromvalve
  3. English todayvalve

From Middle English valve, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valva.

Words from the same roots

Latinvalva all →

valvavalvule

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