The story
- Latin · derived fromvalva“double door, valve”
- French · derived fromvalvule
- Latin · derived fromvalvula“valve, little valve”
- English todayvalvule
From Latin valvula (“valve, little valve”) either directly or via French valvule, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”) + -ula (“-ule, -ling: forming diminutives”). Doublet of valvula.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.