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Forwarded from Αρυολογία☀️ (The Indo-Europeans)
Valentines Day: the word 'Valentine' comes from the Latin valeō ('I am strong, worthy'), and thus it is cognate with other modern descendent words such as valour and value, as well as the Spanish valer ('to be worth') and Walloon valeur ('value'; 'gallantry').
For those interested, the Proto-Indo-European root is *h₂welh₁- ('to rule; to be strong').
For those interested, the Proto-Indo-European root is *h₂welh₁- ('to rule; to be strong').