Etymograph

English

valure

Valure comes from Latin valor ‘value, worth’, from Proto-Italic *walēō ‘to be strong’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂welh₁-1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*walēō1‘to be strong’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvaleō2‘to be worth, to be strong’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvalor3‘value, worth’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400valeur3
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500valure3
  8. Englishearliest quotation a. 1587valure3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin valeo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin valor
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English valure
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., [The Thirde Booke] The Publike Griefe Amplified. […]: “[H]auing before their compaſſionate ſenſe ſo paſſionate a ſpectacle,…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂welh₁-Wiktionary, Latin valeoreconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yetiWiktionary, Latin valeoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*walēōWiktionary, Latin valeo‘to be strong’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvaleōWiktionary, Latin valor‘to be worth, to be strong’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvalorWiktionary, English valure‘value, worth’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400valeurWiktionary, English valure
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500valureWiktionary, English valure
  8. Englishearliest quotation a. 1587valureWiktionary, English valure. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., [The Thirde Booke] The Publike Griefe Amplified. […]: “[H]auing before their compaſſionate ſenſe ſo paſſionate a ſpectacle,…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-

wild, wool, velvet, validation, wield, flannel, validate, fluff, valiant, cuckold, lanolin, velour, woll, valorous, 34 more

through Proto-Italic *walēō ‘to be strong’

value, invalid, validity, ambivalent, ambivalence, valence, convalescent, convalescence, 11 more

through Latin valeō ‘to be worth, to be strong’

equivalent, valid, avail, valuation, vale, vail, 18 more

through Latin valor ‘value, worth’

valour, 1 more

Today it means

noun Value.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “valure”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin valeo, Latin valor. 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.

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