Etymograph

English

vallar

Vallar comes from Latin vallaris ‘of or pertaining to a rampart’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to roll, to undulate’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welH-1‘to roll, to undulate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*walso-1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvallum1‘wall, rampart’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvallaris2‘of or pertaining to a rampart’
  5. Englishtodayvallar2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin vallaris
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English vallar

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welH-Wiktionary, Latin vallaris‘to roll, to undulate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*walso-Wiktionary, Latin vallarisreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvallumWiktionary, Latin vallaris‘wall, rampart’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvallarisWiktionary, English vallar‘of or pertaining to a rampart’
  5. EnglishtodayvallarWiktionary, English vallar

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to roll, to undulate’

well, walk, volume, revolution, evolution, involve, evolve, revolt, vault, valve, vulgar, helix, waltz, convoluted, divulge, voluminous, vagrant, gauche, vulva, convolution, vulgate, wale, iliac, wallow, ilium, involution, voluble, valise, valvular, 73 more

through Latin vallum ‘wall, rampart’

wall, 4 more

Today it means

adj Of or relating to a rampart.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “vallar”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin vallaris. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *welH- / vallar

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