value

value
\ \ [14] To have value is etymologically to be ‘strong’ or ‘effective’, and hence to have ‘worth’. The word was borrowed from Old French value, a noun use of the feminine past participle of valoirbe worth’. This was descended from Latin valērebe strong, be of value’, which also produced English avail [13], available [15] (which originally meant ‘advantageous’, and was not used for ‘accessible for use’ until as recently as the 19th century), convalesce [15], valency [19], valiant [14], valid, and valour [14].
\ \ Cf.AVAILABLE, CONVALESCE, VALENCY, VALIANT, VALID, VALOUR

Word origins - 2ed. . 2005.

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