Etymograph

English

valvula

Valvula comes from Latin valvula ‘diminutive of valva: valve, especially a…’, and goes back to valva.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvalva1‘double door, valve’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvalvula1‘diminutive of valva: valve, especially a valvule or small valve’
  3. Englishtodayvalvula1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English valvula

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvalvaWiktionary, English valvula‘double door, valve’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvalvulaWiktionary, English valvula‘diminutive of valva: valve, especially a valvule or small valve’
  3. EnglishtodayvalvulaWiktionary, English valvula

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to turn, wind, round’

well, walk, wall, volume, revolution, evolution, involve, revolt, evolve, vault, helix, waltz, vulgar, convoluted, voluminous, vagrant, divulge, gauche, convolution, wale, iliac, ilium, involution, voluble, vulgate, vulva, valise, 75 more

through Latin valva ‘double door, valve’

valve, 3 more

Today it means

noun A small valve.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “valvula”. 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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