Value
Middle English: from Old French, feminine past participle of valoir ‘be worth’, from Latin valere .
wiktionary
From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valēre(“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-(“to be strong”).
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value (n.)
c. 1300, "price equal to the intrinsic worth of a thing;" late 14c., "degree to which something is useful or estimable," from Old French value "worth, price, moral worth; standing, reputation" (13c.), noun use of fem. past participle of valoir "be worth," from Latin valere "be strong, be well; be of value, be worth" (from PIE root *wal- "to be strong"). The meaning "social principle" is attested from 1918, supposedly borrowed from the language of painting. Value judgment (1889) is a loan-translation of German Werturteil.
value (v.)
mid-15c., "estimate the value of," also "think highly of," probably from value (n.). Related: Valued, valuing.
