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Origin and history of valorous

valorous(adj.)

of persons or actions, "having or displaying valor; brave, courageous," late 15c. (Caxton), from French valeureux, from valeur (see valor). Related: Valorously; valorousness.

also from late 15c.

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valor(n.)

c. 1300, valour, "worthiness in manly chivalric qualities, nobility of character or breeding," from Old French valor, valour "valor, moral worth, merit, courage, virtue" (12c.), from Late Latin valorem (nominative valor) "value, worth" (in Medieval Latin "strength, valor"), from stem of Latin valere "be strong, be worth" (from PIE root *wal- "to be strong").

The meaning "courage, strength in mind in resisting fear and braving danger," especially "courage and skill in fighting" is attested by 1580s, from Italian valore, from the same Late Latin word.

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